The Haunting of Henry Twist [electronic resource] : Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2017
Rebecca F. John2017
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London, 1926: Henry Twist's heavily pregnant wife leaves home to meet a friend.
On the way, she is hit by a bus and killed, though miraculously the baby
survives. Henry is left with nothing but his new daughter - a single father in a
world without single fathers. He hurries the baby home, terrified that she'll be
taken from him. Racked with guilt and fear, he stays away from prying eyes,
walking her through the streets at night, under cover of darkness.
But one evening, a strange man steps out of the shadows and addresses Henry by
name. The man says that he has lost his memory, but that his name is Jack. Henry
is both afraid of and drawn to Jack, and the more time they spend together, the
more Henry sees that this man has echoes of his dead wife. His mannerisms, some
things he says ... And so Henry wonders, has his wife returned to him? Has he
conjured Jack himself from thin air? Or is he in the grip of a sophisticated con
man? Who really sent him?
Set in a postwar Lon...
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Author:
Rebecca F. John, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Serpent's Tail, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (963.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782832898
Language:
English
BRN:
433910
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |