The Evening Road'A strange, dazzling novel, as audacious as it is lyrical, that hauls up insight, sorrow, and even somehow wit from the well of American history.' EMMA DONOGHUE 'A vivid, disturbing book, able to subvert itself in half a line, constantly challenging the reader's expectations. Its ghost map is quickly established in the reader's head, and as the characters fade into the margin of the final page, it is as if an inner landscape has altered. It is mature,

diffident school teacher to commit such a despicable crime

the procuress

and the domain of Francis Black

With their relentless Captain leading the chase

witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world

Casson beomes a reluctant spy

memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the crisp morning air

the Miller

what they're called

his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled

is barely in control of his own violent tendencies

guided by clues left her by Zant