Author:KA John
The dead should never be woken
Still grieving after the death of their young daughter Alice in a frenzied dog attack, Patrick and Louise Daley leave the city to try and find some peace in the Irish countryside, and the village of Wake Wood seems like the perfect place to start again.
But the residents are guarding a terrifying secret: they can resurrect the dead. However, the rules are strict, they will bring Alice back only if she has been dead for less than a year; and, after three days, she must be buried.
Desperate to see their daughter again, even for just three days, the Daleys agree to everything. But they have been lying from the start. And by the time the villagers realise, it's too late. Alice is alive and she does not want to go back...
An instant folk horror classic
—— News of the WorldA truly unsettling nightmare
—— BizarreHair-raising
—— Total FilmCritics have variously likened him to Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Arthur C. Clarke, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Bret Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon - a roster so ill assorted as to suggest Murakami is in fact an original
—— New York TimesMesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original
—— The TimesHow does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration
—— Independent on Sunday[A] mesmeric story
—— ShortlistVisionary...a bold and generous book
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