McMullan, Thomas
The Last Good Man
- ISBN 13:
- 9781526609274
- author:
- McMullan, Thomas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 2.3 x 12.8 x 12.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Westerns, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He comes from the city, where fires are always burning. In his cousin's village, he finds a place with tea rooms and barley fields, a church and a schoolhouse. The villagers live an honest life - and if there's any trouble, they have a way to settle it. They sit in the shadow of a vast wall, inscribed with strange messages. Anyone can write on the wall, anonymously, about their neighbours, about any wrongdoing that might hurt the community. Then comes the reckoning. The stranger from the city causes a stir. He has not been there long before the village wakes up to an accusation that will detonate the darkest of secrets. This book is a troubling and uncanny exploration of fear, atonement, responsibility, justice, and the violence of writing in public spaces. It asks what hope can be placed in words once extinction is in the air.
Related Products
Related Products
The Last Man
Shelley, Mary
The Last Man
Flynn, Vince
A Good Man
Katz, Ani
Last Man Standing
Baldacci, David
Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga