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Published: 03/01/2013
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**FROM THE AUTHOR OF 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING ORBITAL**

Leonard is alone and rootless, returning to London after his father's death. He moves in with his distant brother William and his family, hoping to renew their friendship but learning to drop his expectations of brotherhood. William is a former lecturer and activist who now runs informal meetings with ex-students. He is defiantly unworldly and forever questioning.

When a young student follows William's arguments to a shocking conclusion, it appears William has already set his own fate in motion. Against a backdrop of tabloid frenzy, Leonard can only watch as William embraces the danger in the only way he knows how, which threatens to consume not only himself, but his entire family.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099566069
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 207 g
Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 18 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Intense, rewarding and bracingly serious - Adrian Turpin, Financial Times

Profoundly beautiful, cathartic writing. - Catherine Taylor, Daily Telegraph

A fine study of the nature and strength of family ties and the morality, or otherwise, of conforming where it matters - Kate Saunders, The Times

This beautifully written composition does that rare thing, of provoking free thought, while scrutinising the far-reaching repercussions of such rebellious activity - Freya McClelland, Independent

Harvey's slow, intense thoughtfulness feels positively Woolfean at times. She thinks deeply, and writes beautifully about these thoughts. - Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times

This is a novel of ideas that also creates believable characters and explores complex relationships. Harvey's prose is graceful and unhurried, full of sharp observation and moments of subtly understated pathos - Carol Birch, Guardian

There's still something compelling in the way Harvey resists the easy and the obvious. The result is a novel of both depth and defiance - Natasha Tripney, Observer

A moving novel about family duty and friendship set against a London backdrop of national unrest - Grazia

Deftly controlled and exquisitely measured - Brian Donaldson, The List

How would Socrates get on in 21st century Britain? This is the question at the heart of Samantha Harvey's ambitious second novel - James Walton, Daily Mail

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