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Peter Straker lives in a disused lighthouse on the Devon coast, speaking to no one - except in his dreams, where he converses with some of the seventy-eight people he believes he killed twenty-four years ago. But Straker's solitude is about to be invaded. Imogen Doody, a school caretaker, inherits a run-down cottage in the nearby village. Straker finds himself helping her to repair it, but as the twenty-fifth anniversary of his crime approaches, other forces are gathering to disturb his precarious peace. Imbued with infectious warmth and wit, Clare Morrall's second novel testifies to the essential goodness and resilience of the human spirit, and amply confirms the talent that led her first novel, Astonishing Splashes of Colour, to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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Natural flights of the human mind: a novel
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Peter Straker lives in a converted lighthouse on the Devon coast with a fine view of the sea, two cats, and no neighbors. That's just the way he likes it. He speaks to no one except in his dreams, where he converses with some of the seventy-eight people he believes he killed nearly a quarter-century earlier — though he can't quite remember how it happened. But Straker's carefully preserved solitude is about to be invaded by Imogen Doody, a prickly and unapproachable school caretaker with a painful history herself. Against his will — and hers — Straker soon finds himself helping Imogen repair the run-down cottage she's inherited. There are forces gathering, however, as the twenty-fifth anniversary of Straker's crime approaches, and they're intent upon disturbing his precarious peace.
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