- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; Revised edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571225519
- ISBN-13: 978-0571225514
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,943,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Rich, sensuous writing and a sinister air... characterise this disturbing debut... Yet as the suspense racks up, he drives home the fact that violence and horror lurk beneath the pastoral veneer.' Guardian 'The blend of subtle horror and pagan - style beauty prove chilling and disturbing.' Daily Mail"
Daily Mail, 5 August 2005
The blend of subtle horror and pagan-style beauty proving chilling and disturbing.
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I really cannot understand why this book got such good reviews,I had a hard job placing the story and the characters in the present time the writing may be brillient but the srory seemed a bit vague.Dose anyone agree ,or am I a bit thick.?
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I've just put the book down after reading it from cover to cover and I have to say that I am impressed with the author's writing style. This is a wonderfully crafted tale that is surprisingly mature for a first book.
I would thoroughly recommend this as good holiday reading material.
I would thoroughly recommend this as good holiday reading material.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Move over Alan Titchmarsh! Let a real writer/gardener show you how it's done. Budding new author Philip Robinson reveals a blossoming talent in this stunning debut novel.
From his fertile imagination sprouts a tale of love, loss, secrets and betrayal. Earthy yet cerebral, this dark, rich loam of a book bursts with vivid descriptions of the natural world. Yet it also hints at the true wilderness within each one of us, a wilderness barely constrained by the neat hedges and borders of social acceptability. His characters are forced to confront not only the skeletons that inhabit the abandoned potting sheds of their past, but also to deal with dark desires germinating within.
Yet amidst the approaching shadow of the inevitable denouement are green shoots of hope. A must for everyone who loves gardening (or gardeners!). Let's hope that Philip Robinson doesn't let the grass grow under his feet, and writes another one soon.
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