- Title:
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The Many
- Written by:
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Wyl Menmuir
- Read by:
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Gavin Osborn
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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4
- Duration:
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4 hours 17 minutes
- Published:
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March 28 2017
- Available Date:
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March 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489385598
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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‘He deserves 10 out of 10 when it comes to the creation of atmosphere, and Menmuir can certainly write … A writer to watch.’
The Independent
An unsettling tale that explores the impact of loss and the devastation that hits when the foundations on which we rely are swept away.
Timothy Buchannan buys an abandoned house on the edge of an isolated village on the coast, sight unseen. When he sees the state of it, he questions the wisdom of his move but starts to renovate the house for his wife, Lauren, to join him there.
When the villagers see smoke rising from the chimney of the neglected house, they are disturbed and intrigued by the presence of the incomer, intrigue that begins to verge on obsession. And the longer Timothy stays, the more deeply he becomes entangled in the unsettling experience of life in the small village.
Ethan, a fisherman, is particularly perturbed by Timothy's arrival, but accedes to Timothy's request to take him out to sea. They set out along the polluted coastline, hauling in weird fish from the contaminated sea, catches that are bought in whole and removed from the village.
Timothy starts to ask questions about the previous resident of his house, Perran – questions to which he receives only oblique answers and increasing hostility. As Timothy forges on despite the villagers' animosity and the code of silence around Perran, he starts to question what has brought him to this place, and is forced to confront a painful truth.
‘Menmuir’s homespun horror has flashes of Daphne du Maurier’s ghost-gothic and John Wyndham’s dystopia while displaying its own individuality and flair.'
The Guardian
‘... an intriguing first novel.’
The Times