Vanishing

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