Book description
New Egypt is a village somewhere in the South of England. A village
that nobody has ever left. Peach, the sadistic chief of police, makes
sure of that. Then, one misty morning, a young couple secretly set their
baby son Moses afloat on the river, in a basket made of rushes. Years
later, Moses is living above a nightclub, mixing with drug-dealers,
thieves and topless waitresses. He knows nothing about his past - but it
is catching up with him nevertheless, and it threatens to put his life
in danger. Terror, magic and farce all have a part to play as the worlds
of Peach and Moses slowly converge. One of the most haunting, resonant
and clever parables about England you'll ever read Guardian Imagine the
quintessential English village filmed by Bunuel and written by Gabriel
Garcia Marquez New York Times Book Review Thomson chillingly fuses the
real and the unreal with terrifying grace and infinite imagination. It's
hard to believe this sophisticated, edgy novel is his first Mail on
Sunday When someone writes as well as Thomson does, it makes you wonder
why other people bother New Statesman New Egypt is a village somewhere
in the South of England. A village that nobody has ever left. Peach, the
sadistic chief of police, makes sure of that. Then, one misty morning, a
young couple secretly set their baby son Moses afloat on the river, in a
basket made of rushes. Years later, Moses is living above a nightclub,
mixing with drug-dealers, thieves and topless waitresses. He knows
nothing about his past - but it is catching up with him nevertheless,
and it threatens to put his life in danger. Terror, magic and farce all
have a part to play as the worlds of Peach and Moses slowly converge.
