Blasted Things by Lesley Glaister
1920: Britain is trying to forget the Great War. Clementine, who nursed at the front and suffered her own losses, must bury the past and settle for a life of middle class respectability. Then she meets Vincent, an opportunistic veteran whose damage goes much deeper than the painted tin mask he wears to face the world. Powerfully drawn together they enter a deadly relationship that careers towards a dark and haunting resolution.Glaister is a sensitive but unflinching writer who knows exactly how to beguile the reader into turning the pages
‘Glaister is an experienced novelist, and this is a consummate and heart-wringing performance.’
* The Sunday Times *‘Combines psychological insight with an immersive sense of time and place. In short, she’s the perfect lockdown novelist so if you’ve yet to discover her, now’s the ideal time.’
* Metro *‘Glaister’s novels always appear to be as effortless for her to write as they for us to read.’
* The Times *‘Glaister has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on things we most fear, of exposing the darkness within.’
* Independent on Sunday *‘Elegant and moving’
* Marc's books blog *A sensitive, unsettling tale of a post-First World War romance.
* The Independent *A sensitive and compelling drama.
* Sunday People *Glaister’s sense of place and ear for dialogue are brilliantly convincing.
Blasted Things is a restrained, elegant, deeply compassionate novel.
One of the most compelling novels I have read all year.
A moody, mesmerizing tale of a man and a woman who’ve returned to Suffolk after surviving the atrocities of the Great War.
* East Anglian Daily Times *Glaister is acute in her exploration and depiction of family and social discord.
* The Scotsman *Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer, poet, playwright and teacher of writing. She has published fourteen adult novels, the first of a YA trilogy and numerous short stories. She received both a Somerset Maugham and a Betty Trask award for Honour Thy Father (1990), and has won or been listed for several literary prizes for her other work. She has three adult sons and lives in Edinburgh (with frequent sojourns to Orkney) with husband Andrew Greig. She teaches creative writing at the University of St Andrews and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913207120 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913207129 |
| Title | Blasted Things |
| Author | Lesley Glaister |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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