Author:Sarah Dearing
It is the spring of 1974, a period of mounting political tension in Portugal. Luís da Silva, an unemployed university graduate and reluctant virgin, loiters aimlessly about the streets and beaches of an Algarve fishing village waiting for life to happen. Luís longs for the day when Portugal's repressive dictatorship will be overthrown and his country restored to its proper place in the world. Then, like an apparition, the sensuous and uninhibited Luisa Barbos, a gypsy princess, strides out of the sea, and Luís's adventures begin in earnest. Before all is resolved, Portugal is in a state of turmoil and so are the hearts of the two young lovers.
The book is fast-paced and suspenseful'
—— BooklistAn engaging read, with an unusually tangible, believable, living story world, featuring a protagonist of unexpected depth and sympathy
—— Jim Butcher (on Succubus Blues)With its drunken farmers and tongue-wagging wives, the rural Suffolk community of Ridgard’s debut novel is privy to some outlandish goings-on. Fortunately for the reader, the young narrator, Desiree, is witness to most of these scandals. Haunted by the body of a discarded baby she finds in a ditch, she decides to untangle the mystery surrounding the corpse; as she does so, her family and the village gradually come apart around her.
—— Sunday TimesPartly an intriguing sci-fi story…partly an indulgent second-childhood romp. Who can't find the fun in that?
—— Doctor Who MagazineHarvest of Time is easily one of the best original Doctor Who novels
—— Kool TVIt is a brilliantly constructed 21st-century take on a 19th-century literary form and a satisfactorily confusing read
—— Good Book Guide
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