Description: Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley A CHILLING NOVEL FROM THE NEW MASTER OF MENACE FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Barrowbeck casts a real spell - or is it a curse? Mail on SundayThrilling, unsettling, ominous . . . like a knock at the door on a dark evening Irish TimesImpeccable and beautifully drawn . . . Hurley has been rightly lauded in British folk-horror circles Big IssueFor centuries, the inhabitants of Barrowbeck, a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, have lived uneasily with forces beyond their reckoning. They raise their families, work the land, and do their best to welcome those who come seeking respite. But there is a darkness that runs through the village as persistently as the river. A father fears that his daughter has become possessed by something unholy.A childless couple must make an agonising decision.A widower awaits the return of his wife. A troubled man is haunted by visions of end times. As one generation gives way to the next and ancient land is carved up in the name of progress, darkness gathers. The people of Barrowbeck have forgotten that they are but guests in the valley. Now there is a price to pay. Two thousand years of history is coming to an end. Hurleys achievement is, like American craftsman of the weird H.P. Lovecraft before him, to put humanity in its place Northern SoulHurley is the master of contemporary British folk horror Dazed Author Biography Andrew Michael Hurley is based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards. Devils Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award. Review Barrowbeck casts a real spell - or is it a curse? * Mail on Sunday *Hurleys well-crafted tales have an unsettling, ominous quality, like a knock at the door on a dark evening - a stranger arriving at the hearth, thrilling the listener with stories from another world . . . made even more chilling by the parallels drawn to our own troubling times . . . Hurleys growing body of work consistently immerses readers in a strong sense of place, and Barrowbeck is no exception. The land utself becomes a persistent character, defined by the cold, the darkness, the remote setting and an ever-present sense of doom. * Irish Times *Has all the beguiling oddness of a fairy tale . . . Turning a circle from prophecy to portent, from massacre to deluge, Hurleys achievement is, like American craftsman of the weird H.P. Lovecraft before him, to put humanity in its place. Unlike Lovecraft, however, who set the species against the caprices of beings both unknown and unknowable, Hurley affords Homo Sapiens the grace of agency . . . The prevailing darkness is leavened, too, by the striking beauty of his imagery . . . Hurley demonstrates the undoubted breadth of his craft * Northern Soul *Seamlessly brings together the mundane and the uncanny . . . what were reminded of is the eternal truth, whether with supernatural dimensions or not: theres nowt so queer as folk -- John Self * The Critic *Hurley is the master of contemporary British folk horror . . . [as] pleasurable to read as much for its beautiful descriptions of natural landscapes and weather as it is for its horror elements . . . truly disturbing * Dazed *Impeccable . . . Hurley has been rightly lauded in British folk-horror circles . . . Hurley expertly draws universal themes across the tales, giving the small, focused narratives a wider and more profound power. There are elements of pure Wicker Man-style folk horror here, as well as hints of cosmic horror and the supernatural . . . the remoteness and unique feel of the northern valleys is drawn beautifully on the page . . . the sense that the land has a spirit of its own lends this book a heft and meaning. A fascinating book in terms of subject matter, style and execution. * Big Issue *Barrowbeck joins that fascinating canon of fragmented novels that explore a particular landscape through the passage of time . . . There is a deeper sense of darkness . . . a satisfying sense of continuity to the whole, a narrative arc that rewards the readers involvement and careful attention . . . Hurleys instinctive feel for language, his acute observation of the natural world and sure grasp of the tradition in which he is working make this dank little village a curiously seductive place to get lost in * Guardian *Barrowbeck, like the haunted land of Hurleys previous novels, is a natural spot saturated by storytelling . . . Hurley shows how legends accrue over time from virgin ground . . . as the stories begin to interlock, shadowy themes emerge . . . Hurley conjures up marvels and impossibilities * TLS *Through each of the books 13 scenes, Hurley proves adept at binding his narrative to place. The town is the only character that appears in all of the stories. To live in Barrowbeck is to live in a perpetual state of wild dread - an emotion that the author will likely provoke among his readers * New Statesman *PRAISE FOR ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY:A tour de force of physiological fantasia . . . Writing of this quality - sensuous, exact, observant - ensures that other scenes, too, pulse with vitality . . . Hurleys gothic storylines send spectres of deathliness through his fictional world. His prose brings it vividly alive * Sunday Times *I will confidently predict that no reader will guess where its heading . . . Hurleys ability to create a world thats like ours in many ways and really not in many others is again on full display . . . Starve Acre, leaner and perhaps even more unsettling than its predecessors, may well be his best novel so far * The Times *Beautifully written and triumphantly creepy * Mail on Sunday *A perfectly pitched tale of suspense and the dark side of folklore . . . perfect, page-turning reading for a dark night * Herald *This kind of book, as with ghost stories from M.R. James to Susan Hill, demands a phenomenal control of language and atmosphere to work at all, and Hurley provides it in spades . . . This is a wonderful story of its type that has all the qualities of unease, nastiness, terror, psychological trauma and implied physical revulsion one expects from folk horror. But its nothing to the denouement it foreshadows * The Spectator * Details ISBN1399817485 Author Andrew Michael Hurley Publisher John Murray Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781399817486 Format Hardcover Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations N/A Audience General Pages 304 Publication Date 2024-10-24 UK Release Date 2024-10-24 ISBN-10 1399817485 NZ Release Date 2025-01-27 AU Release Date 2025-01-27 Subtitle The chilling new novel from the author of Starve Acre We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161964549;
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