Book description
Terence Cave, the intellectual owner of Cave Antiques, has already
experienced the tragedies of his mother's suicide and his wife's
murder when his teenage son, Reuben, is killed in a grotesque
accident. His remaining child, Bryony, has always been the family's
golden girl, in love with her cello and her pony, and Terence comes to
realise that his one duty in life is to protect her from the world's
malign forces, whatever that may take.
But as he starts to follow his grieving daughter's movements and
enforce a draconian set of rules, his love for Bryony becomes a
possessive force that leads to destruction and, ultimately, murder.
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield in 1975 and grew up in
Nottinghamshire. He has lived in London and Spain, and now lives in
north Yorkshire. His writing has frequently appeared in the national
press. He is the author of
The Last Family in England
, a UK bestseller narrated by a Labrador, and
The Dead Fathers Club
, an update of Hamlet featuring an eleven-year-old boy . He has also
written two children's novels,
Shadow
Forest
and its sequel
The Runaway Troll
. His website is at
www. matthaig. com
.
