Author:James Hogg
'A Scottish classic, a world classic' Ian Rankin, Observer
Robert is a difficult and disturbed young man. He comes from a troubled family background and turns to his Calvinist faith for solace but finds it hard to get along with other people, particularly his brother and his dissolute father. After he falls in with the mysterious and charming Gil-Martin his actions become more and more extreme. He convinces himself that he is one of the lucky few who have been chosen for heaven and that therefore all his actions automatically right and good...even murder.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT
A sinister, funny, moving tale of demonic possession, murder and religious fanaticism
—— Sunday TelegraphBarmy and scary and predating Jekyll and Hyde. And written by a shepherd who barely read any books. A Scottish classic, a world classic, yet hardly anyone, writers excepted, has actually read it
—— Ian Rankin , ObserverA strange and disturbing novel written by a self-educated Highland shepherd. A gripping and pioneering work that deals with the nature of good, evil and religious fanaticism
—— Daily ExpressThat peerless drama of divided selves and doppelgangers
—— Maggie O’Farrell , ObserverOne of the great English gothic novels. Some would say, simply, that it is one of the great novels
—— Daily MailAn extraordinary, irreducible fantasy
—— ObserverMurray Bail marshals the tensions between his characters and their ideas to great effect
—— Peter Scott , The TelegraphA gratifyingly dry wit pervades this novel of ideas
—— Chris Ross , The GuardianTruly gripping
—— Big IssueOpening with a mysterious yet distressing anecdote about a girl driving dangerously, Peter Ferry's first novel immediately captures the reader's imagination, drawing you into a story filled with humour, tenderness and suspense... The novel is as entertaining as it is intriguing and is not to be missed
—— AestheticaA very neat piece of storytelling
—— William Leith , Evening StandardA neat piece of storytelling
—— Johanna Thomas-Corr , ScotsmanA lovely and heartbreaking book . . . Julia Glass writes the sort of novels you wish would go on forever; such is your immediate attachment to her impeccably drawn characters . . . [she] offers up intimate examinations of the lives on complex people, recognizable for their insecurities and strengths, failings and successes, humor and sadness, loves and loves lost.
—— Miami HeraldAn arresting story that is both thorny and complex ... A wonderful novelist will expose truths that elude us in the everyday. [Glass's] eye in I See You Everywhere takes in blind spots and makes them mesmerizing
—— New York Daily NewsJulia Glass is a writer firmly in control
—— Dallas Morning NewsGlass elegantly captures what it means to be an independent and spirited contemporary woman
—— Chicago TribuneBeautifully written
—— Image MagazineIt is expertly written in its way, and oddly compelling - like a slushy movie you can't help but respond to
—— GuardianMoving and thoughtful ... Poignant and compelling, this lyrical novel lifts the veil on an internal world of love, rivalry and misunderstanding; an intricate depiction of sibling relationships
—— Good Book GuideA beautifully evocative and intelligent novel
—— Woman & HomeThis impassioned tale is a gripping read
—— James Smart , The GuardianJones is fabulous...offering titbits of danger and discord, yet keeping a cool matter-of-fact tone for the big horrors
—— Sunday TimesHer second novel is a must-read; a devastating, brilliant account of what happens when everything a man believes in...begins to crumble
—— Cath Kidson MagazineFull of danger and discord
—— Sunday Times Summer Reading