Viola Hatherley was a writer of ghost stories in the 1890s whose work lies forgotten until her great-grandson,as a young boy in Mawson,Australia,learns how to open the secret drawer in his mother's room. There he finds a manuscript,and from the moment his mother catches him in the act,Gerard Freeman's life is irrevocably changed. What is the invisible,ever-present threat from which his mother strives so obsessively to protect him And why should stories written a century ago entwine themselves ever more closely around events in his own life Gerard's quest to unveil the mystery that shrouds his family,and his life,will lead him from Mawson to London,to a long-abandoned house and the terror of a ghost story come alive.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099460824Number of pages: 384Weight: 267 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
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Atmospheric debut novelA compelling,atmospheric and well-crafted storyAn elegant homage to the Victorian ghost story tradition... Makes your flesh creepIrresistible... Structured like a haunted mansionHarwood is enviable skilled,handling pacing,delivery and plot with assurance and sly humour... The Ghost Writer has powerful moments and...a delicacy and tenderness that make it wonderfully readable
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