Book description
A moving, compelling story about society and our reactions to
difference, convincingly evoked, beautifully written. A young man is
found unconscious in a remote forest. He is over seven feet tall, his
skin covered in thick hair which reminds onlookers of an animal's pelt.
When he wakes in a city hospital, he is eerily uncommunicative.
Speculation begins. Medics want to run tests on him, the media want to
get his story, and the public want to gawp and prod. When a young woman
befriends him and he starts to talk, his identity seems to grow more
complex. On his release from hospital, events drive him into hiding. Yet
how can a young man of such uncommon appearance find true refuge? Emma
Neale was born in Dunedin and was raised in Christchurch, San Diego CA
and Wellington. After gaining her first literature degree from Victoria
University, she went on to complete her MA and PhD at University
College, London. She has written five novels - Night Swimming, Little
Moon, Relative Strangers, Double Take and Fosterling, and three
collections of poetry, as well as edited anthologies of both short
stories and poetry. She teaches, works in publishing and looks after her
two young sons.
