The Image of a Drawn Sword
12 October 2017Imprint: Bello
Synopsis
The calm of Reynard Langrish’s quietly predictable life is shattered when, on a night of rain-swept storm, a stranger – a young soldier called Captain Archer - appears at his remote Kentish cottage. He takes Langrish to an ancient hill fort and introduces him to the men under his command, all of whom share a mysterious tattoo – two snakes...
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12 October 2017304 pages
9781509855865Imprint: Bello
Reviews
A remarkable Kafkaesque tour de force for a writer who had, in fact, never read Kafka when the book was written.Anthony Powell
He is subtle as the devilJohn Betjeman
The skill and intensity of the writing made peculiarly haunting this cry of complaint on behalf of a bewildered ManPamela Hansford Johnson, Daily Telegraph
This is an uneasy, adult fairy story, composed in a minor key so personal and cryptic that its mysteries admit no real resolution. Once read, however, it’s extremely hard to forget.Tim Martin, Telegraph
