Troubles spiral out of control when a psychic and her assistant move to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist in this darkly comic, unorthodox novel.
This is Hilary Mantel at her finest--insightful, darkly comic, unorthodox, and thrilling to read..
It is not long before the place Beyond Black threatens to uproot their lives forever.
Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside.
When they meet at a fair, Alison invites Colette at once to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Colette and Alison are unlikely cohorts: one a shy, drab beanpole of an assistant, the other a charismatic, corpulent psychic whose connection to the spiritual world torments her. 25,000.
Troubles spiral out of control when a psychic and her assistant move to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist in this darkly comic, unorthodox novel
