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Praise for SPIKE ISLAND 'Spike Island is a book that has everything a passionate reader could possibly want -- a subject that far transcends the trivial pursuits of contemporary writing, concerns both public and private, astonishing details, stylistic precision, a unique sense of time and place, and a great depth of vision.' W.G.SEBALD Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'A psychological study of horror and spiritual displacement: human vulnerability pitted against the institutional administration of violence ! Philip Hoare's deeply personal foray into the past is a tour-de-force.' Michael Bracewell, Independent on Sunday 'Spike Island -- elaborate, riveting, touching, strangely romantic -- is itself a gothic tale ! few could combine such rigorous scholarly accuracy with Hoare's narrative flair.' Observer 'Gruesome, startling, grainily authentic, as if Hoare were inching his way through history's dark wood with a hand-held camera, reporting what he sees in close-miked voiceover. Spike Island comes as near as it is possible to get to a scholarly equivalent of The Blair Witch Project.' Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
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Praise for SPIKE ISLAND 'Spike Island is a book that has everything a passionate reader could possibly want -- a subject that far transcends the trivial pursuits of contemporary writing, concerns both public and private, astonishing details, stylistic precision, a unique sense of time and place, and a great depth of vision.' W.G.SEBALD Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'A psychological study of horror and spiritual displacement: human vulnerability pitted against the institutional administration of violence ! Philip Hoare's deeply personal foray into the past is a tour-de-force.' Michael Bracewell, Independent on Sunday 'Spike Island -- elaborate, riveting, touching, strangely romantic -- is itself a gothic tale ! few could combine such rigorous scholarly accuracy with Hoare's narrative flair.' Observer 'Gruesome, startling, grainily authentic, as if Hoare were inching his way through history's dark wood with a hand-held camera, reporting what he sees in close-miked voiceover. Spike Island comes as near as it is possible to get to a scholarly equivalent of The Blair Witch Project.' Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
‘Philip Hoare has written of Mary Ann Girling with such awe and respect'
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