In the Dark
1916. Pretty Eithne Clay runs a ramshackle South London boarding house with the help of her teenage son, Ralph, and their maid, Winnie. Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, and her son going as every day life vanished in the face of war, Eithne’s world is transformed by the arrival of Mr...
show more
1916. Pretty Eithne Clay runs a ramshackle South London boarding house with the help of her teenage son, Ralph, and their maid, Winnie. Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, and her son going as every day life vanished in the face of war, Eithne’s world is transformed by the arrival of Mr Turk, the virile, carnal, carnivorous local butcher who falls passionately in love with her. As the house bursts to life with the electricity – metaphorical and real – he brings, dark secrets come to light…
źródło opisu: Vintage
show less
Format: papier
ISBN:
9780099507123
Publish date: 2008 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 313
Edition language: English