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The Loney (Paperback)
Andrew Michael Hurley (author)Published: 07/04/2016
If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called it The Loney - that strange nowhere place between the Wyre and the Lune... Dull and featureless it may have looked, but The Loney was a dangerous place.
The Loney is Andrew Michael Hurley’s decidedly unsettling fictional debut, one of those bookseller word-of-mouth novels that gathered early momentum by the sheer merit of its writing.With Lancashire’s wind-scorched coast as its setting, Hurley fuses faith, superstition and fear into a potent cocktail of family drenched in unsaid secrets and a constant, gnawing doubt that something strange and dangerous is afoot: it surprised none of us here to watch The Loney sail on to bag 2016’s Costa Book of the Year.
Please note that this edition is supplied in both black and white cover variants and your copy will be randomly assigned.
Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781473619852
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
An amazing piece of fiction - Stephen King
Here is the masterpiece by which Hurley must enter the Guild of the Gothic: it pleases me to think of his name written on some parchment scroll, alongside those of Walpole, Du Maurier, Maturin and Jackson - Guardian
A masterful excursion into terror - Sunday Times
An extraordinarily haunted and haunting novel - Daily Telegraph
This is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill - Observer
Written with the skill of a poet - The Times, Books of the Year
An eerie, disturbing read that doesn't let up until its surprise ending - Daily Mail
An unforgettable addition to the ranks of the best British horror - Metro
A haunting and ambiguous novel that will keep you up at night - Daily Express
A tale of suspense that sucks you in and pulls you under. As yarns go, it rips - New Statesman
A masterclass in spinning out tension - Financial Times
A haunting exploration of religion, faith and family. Hurley's evocation of the landscape is bleak and beautiful, while his portrayal of a family slowly imploding is both perceptive and compelling - Sunday Express summer reads
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