The Loney
by Andrew Michael Hurley
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Pub Date Aug 25 2015 | Archive Date Aug 11 2015
Hachette Australia | John Murray
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If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called it the Loney - that strange nowhere between the Wyre and the Lune where Hanny and I went every Easter time with Mummer, Farther, Mr and Mrs Belderboss and Father Wilfred, the parish priest.
It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal the skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is.
I suppose I always knew that what happened there wouldn't stay hidden for ever, no matter how much I wanted it to. No matter how hard I tried to forget . . .
A beautiful, thrilling and unsettling debut novel.
'It’s not just good, it’s great. It’s an amazing piece of fiction.' Stephen King
If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called it the Loney - that strange nowhere between the Wyre and the Lune where Hanny and I went every Easter time with Mummer, Farther, Mr and Mrs Belderboss and Father Wilfred, the parish priest.
It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal the skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is.
I suppose I always knew that what happened there wouldn't stay hidden for ever, no matter how much I wanted it to. No matter how hard I tried to forget . . .
A beautiful, thrilling and unsettling debut novel.
'It’s not just good, it’s great. It’s an amazing piece of fiction.' Stephen King
Advance Praise
'It’s not just good, it’s great. It’s an amazing piece of fiction.' Stephen King
'The Loney transcends its generic roots by virtue of its depth and subtlety, imbuing horror with an intimacy, flavour and scent, meanwhile suggesting that horror's true face is meaningless, indifferent - and brilliantly blank' Grace McCleen
'A thrilling first novel' Publishers Weekly
'The Loney is a stunning novel – about faith, the uncanny, strange rituals, and the oddity of human experience. Beautifully written, it's immensely entertaining, but also deep and wide. A moving evocation of desolate wilderness and a marvel of complex characterization, The Loney is one of my favorite reads of the past couple of years' Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times-bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy
'The Loney transcends its generic roots by virtue of its depth and subtlety, imbuing horror with an intimacy, flavour and scent, meanwhile suggesting that horror's true face is meaningless, indifferent - and brilliantly blank' Grace McCleen
'A thrilling first novel' Publishers Weekly
'The Loney is a stunning novel – about faith, the uncanny, strange rituals, and the oddity of human experience. Beautifully written, it's immensely entertaining, but also deep and wide. A moving evocation of desolate wilderness and a marvel of complex characterization, The Loney is one of my favorite reads of the past couple of years' Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times-bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781473619838 |
| PRICE | A$29.99 (AUD) |
