Vanishing
09 April 2015
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
There is no such thing as an ordinary life. But Kenneth Brill's is more extraordinary than most. By the time he is arrested for espionage towards the end of the Second World War he has an incredible story to tell.
Under interrogation he describes his unusual childhood, shares the decadent details of his training as a painter at the prestigious Slade...
Details
09 April 2015
400 pages
9780330518659
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
This is a huge, complex novel, at turns both blackly funny and bleakly moving, driven by truly original characters, rich in obscure pieces of knowledge, evocative of a long-lost, little-known past, and always absorbing - in a word, a masterpiece.Daily Mail
A sprawling novel of war, betrayal, art and the truth of storytelling itselfIndependent
Tantalising . . . playful yet sombre . . . What impresses is how Woodward uses first-person narration to illuminate his protagonist's troubled psychology without direct statement . . . An elegy for a lost England and an exploration of repressed sexuality, Vanishing is . . . the work of an intelligent author pursuing his own path.Sunday Telegraph
Clever, subtle, and rewarding . . . an ambitious investigation into the nature of truth . . . ingeniousTimes Literary Supplement