The Discomfort Of Evening - Shortlisted For The Booker International Prize 2020 British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) (2016) Along with the property

Along with the property

The daily lives of Londoners and the city's chequered history come alive in this book as never before

But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle

rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post - NPR - Entertainment Weekly - Real Simple - Marie Claire - New York Public Library - LibraryReads - The Skimm - Lit Hub - Lit Reactor AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A captivating family saga

The Discomfort Of Evening - Shortlisted For The Booker International Prize 2020 British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) (2016) Along with the propertyI thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.' Jas lives with her devout farming family in the rural Netherlands. One winter's day, her older brother joins an ice skating trip; resentful at being left alone, she makes a perverse plea to God; he never returns. As grief overwhelms the farm, Jas succumbs to a vortex