After Me Comes the Flood: From the author of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (E

Description: After Me Comes the Flood by Sarah Perry The haunting and hypnotic debut novel from the author of the bestselling The Essex Serpent. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the bestselling author of The Essex SerpentLonglisted for the Guardian First Book AwardWinner of the East Anglian Book of the Year Award 2014One hot summers day, John Cole decides to leave his life behind.He shuts up the bookshop no one ever comes to and drives out of London. When his car breaks down and he becomes lost on an isolated road, he goes looking for help, and stumbles into the grounds of a grand but dilapidated house.Its residents welcome him with open arms - but theres more to this strange community than meets the eye. They all know him by name, theyve prepared a room for him, and claim to have been waiting for him all along.As nights and days pass John finds himself drawn into a baffling menagerie. There is Hester, their matriarchal, controlling host; Alex and Claire, siblings full of child-like wonder and delusions; the mercurial Eve; Elijah - a faithless former preacher haunted by the Bible; and chain-smoking Walker, wreathed in smoke and hostility. Who are these people? And what do they intend for John?Elegant, gently sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes The Flood is a haunting and hypnotic debut novel by a brilliant new voice. Author Biography Sarah Perry was born in Essex in 1979, and grew up in a deeply religious home. Kept apart from contemporary culture, she spent her childhood immersed in classic literature, Victorian hymns and the King James Bible. She has a PhD in creative writing at Royal Holloway which she completed under the supervision of Andrew Motion. She has been writer in residence at the Gladstone Library and is the winner of a Shiva Naipaul award for travel writing. She lives in Norwich. Review A beautiful, dream-like narrative. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one. * Sarah Waters *Just occasionally you pick up a novel that is inexplicably gripping from the first page - and Perrys debut is one of them -- Phil Barker * Sunday Times *What makes this novel truly remarkable is its unique vision, its skilful and sophisticated characterisations, and the creation, without unseemly effects, of an atmosphere that will haunt the reader long after the final page * John Burnside, Guardian *An original and haunting book ... a mix of elegant, alluring, but subtly sinister characters ... a talented writer * Daily Mail *A dark, marvellous novel ... Perry evokes the oppressive atmosphere in precise, elegant prose ... This mesmeric quality recalls Sebalds writing, but Gothic-smudged ... It is not good for a first novel, just very good full stop. So pour yourself a cool drink and bask in a dazzling new writing talent. -- Catherine Blyth * Sunday Telegraph *After Me Comes the Flood is written in deceptively straightforward prose that gradually yields a profound sense of foreboding. A house and the mysteries it contains; a disconcerting, dark reservoir to which everyones attention returns; and a most unsettling sense of place - all made me think of Fowles The Magus, Maxwells The Chateau, and Woolfs To The Lighthouse. This is a book perhaps most deeply about the unknowability of others and of oneself - and one that, while highly disorienting and eerie, is also intensely warm. I loved it. -- Katherine Angel, author of UNMASTEREDPerrys debut successfully creates an air of real eeriness and tension ... the real pleasure here is in her insightful and convincing depiction of family. -- Lesley McDowell * Glasgow Herald *Impossible to put down * Image Magazine *Perry is a startlingly good writer. If she doesnt win the Booker prize one day, Ill be amazed. * Sophie Hannah *Unsettling, thoughtful, eerie...strange and new...Its very clever and very intriguing. * Tim Pears * Prizes Short-listed for EDP Jarrold East Anglian Book Awards 2014 (UK) Long-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2014 (UK) Long-listed for NetGalley UK Book of the Year 2014 (UK) Long-listed for The Folio Prize 2015 (UK) Long-listed for New Angle Prize for Literature 2015 (UK) Long Description The haunting and hypnotic debut novel from the author of the bestselling The Essex Serpent . From the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year Award 2014 One hot summers day, John Cole decides to leave his life behind. He shuts up the bookshop no one ever comes to and drives out of London. When his car breaks down and he becomes lost on an isolated road, he goes looking for help, and stumbles into the grounds of a grand but dilapidated house. Its residents welcome him with open arms - but theres more to this strange community than meets the eye. They all know him by name, theyve prepared a room for him, and claim to have been waiting for him all along. As nights and days pass John finds himself drawn into a baffling menagerie. There is Hester, their matriarchal, controlling host; Alex and Claire, siblings full of child-like wonder and delusions; the mercurial Eve; Elijah - a faithless former preacher haunted by the Bible; and chain-smoking Walker, wreathed in smoke and hostility. Who are these people? And what do they intend for John? Elegant, gently sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes The Flood is a haunting and hypnotic debut novel by a brilliant new voice. Review Text A beautiful, dream-like narrative. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one. Details ISBN1781259550 Author Sarah Perry Year 2017 ISBN-10 1781259550 ISBN-13 9781781259559 Media Book Pages 240 Publisher Profile Books Ltd Language English Imprint Serpents Tail Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2017-11-02 AU Release Date 2017-11-02 Subtitle From the author of The Essex Serpent Edition Description Main - Re-jacket Publication Date 2017-11-02 Alternative 9781800819498 DEWEY 823.9 Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-12-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117077975;

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