Trespass
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Gustav Sonata
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:6th Jan '11
Should be back in stock very soon
Set among the hills and gorges of southern France, Trespass is a thrilling novel about disputed territory, sibling love and devastating revenge, by the bestselling author of The Road Home, winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.
In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. His sister, Audrun, alone in her bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life.
'THRILLING...a terrific book, accomplished in its poised, imaginative storytelling and its vivid, sensual rendering of landscape and character, emotion and memory' The Times
In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic haunted by his violent past. His sister, Audrun, alone in her bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life.
Into this closed world comes Anthony Verey, a wealthy but disillusioned antiques dealer from London seeking to remake his life in France. From the moment he arrives at the Mas Lunel, a frightening and unstoppable series of consequences is set in motion...
Taut ...full of suspense...bewitching -- Ruth Scurr * Observer *
THRILLING...a terrific book, accomplished in its poised, imaginative storytelling and its vivid, sensual rendering of landscape and character, emotion and memory * The Times *
An intelligent and terrifyingly plausible meditation * Sunday Telegraph *
A sumptuously shaded portrait of a private, lonely place and its stranded people * Independent *
Tremain is a writer of particular elegance and control, and her story unfolds from its arresting first scene to its luminous final image as gracefully as a ballet * The Telegraph, Review Magazine *
The unravelling web of lies and deceit is a gripping tale that holds the reader until the very last page -- Eve Middleton * Living France *
The tremendous Tremain is on top form -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
Truly wonderful, disturbing and thrilling story * Sunday Express *
With wonderful skill, [Tremain] shows the ripples that circle these two unhappy people...brilliantly evoked -- Sarah Hayes * Tablet *
Tremain is a writer whose observations we trust... Equally compelling are her descriptions of the suffering of her characters...Trespass is full of such particular insights -- Lindsay Duguid * The Sunday Times *
- Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Waterstone's UK Author of the Year 2010
ISBN: 9780099478454
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 25mm
Weight: 264g
384 pages