"Priest writes extraordinarily well .
Taking refuge in a friend\'s rural cottage, he tries to make sense of things and figur. an atmosphere of increasingly oppressive menace." - Francis King, The Spectator "An original and haunting novel." - London Times "A brilliant and sustained novel of imaginative power." - Vector Peter Sinclair, a 29-year-old Londoner, is reeling after losing his father, his girlfriend, his job and his flat. . . his best novel to date . . . "Priest writes extraordinarily well