The Incident by Kenneth Macleod
Three lives, three turning points: this stunning debut novel charts those moments that change the course of a life for ever. 'Certainly there are ghosts in these towers. For me they are the ghosts of two children. And even now - ten years later and seven hundred miles away - I still wake most nights with the muffled echo of their cries in my ears and the weight of their deaths on my conscience...' Three lives; three turning points. Craig was a teenage lifeguard on a beach in Germany when two children died on his watch. It should never have happened. He was an expert swimmer. His grandfather, Gordon McInnes, was on board a ship torpedoed during the war. He survived by clinging to the body of one of his colleagues. Years later, he met a member of the crew of the U-boat that attacked his ship. Gerd is a refugee of the Cold War. Recruited by the Stasi at a very young age, he escaped to the west after his mission went terribly wrong. He never went back. THE INCIDENT is a searingly powerful novel about fate, about those moments that change the course of a life for ever. It is also a book about history, from the Second World War through to the current day, and the way incidents long past can reverberate across generations.
An interesting, compelling and original [read]* NEWBOOKS magazine *
A hauntingly tragic, beautifully written first novel examining how much our future is governed by the past. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
A hauntingly tragic, beautifully written first novel examining how much our future is governed by the past. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
Kenneth Macleod was born in Glasgow in 1972. He began working as a newspaper reporter at the age of 17 then worked in the Scottish media for 12 years, before completing a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He divides his time between Glasgow and Berlin, where he works as a tour guide. THE INCIDENT is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780221045 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780221045 |
| Title | The Incident |
| Author | Kenneth Macleod |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2013-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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