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The Slowworm's Song

Pocket
Engelsk
The Slowworm's Song
The Slowworm's Song
  • Forfatter: Andrew Miller
  • Format: Pocket
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781529354201
  • Utgivelsesår: 2022
  • Bidragsyter: Miller, Andrew
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By the Costa Award-winning author of Pure, a profound and tender tale of guilt, a search for atonement and the hard, uncertain work of loving.

''The writing is near perfect. But the novel''s excellence goes far beyond this . . . You read [it] . . . with your pulse racing, all your senses awake'' Guardian


''A beautiful, lambent, timely novel'' Sarah Hall

An ex-soldier and recovering alcoholic living quietly in Somerset, Stephen Rose has just begun to form a bond with the daughter he barely knows when he receives a summons - to an inquiry into an incident during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

It is the return of what Stephen hoped he had outdistanced. Above all, to testify would jeopardise the fragile relationship with his daughter. And if he loses her, he loses everything.

Instead, he decides to write her an account of his life; a confession, a defence, a love letter. Also a means of buying time. But time is r