A stirring debut novel about the complex relationship between a soldier and his psychiatrist, set in a failing psychiatric hospital between the end of the Second World War and the founding of the NHS.
This debut novel is set in a psychiatric hospital between the end of the Second World War and the founding of the NHS, following the complex relationship between a soldier and his psychiatrist. For fans of Patrick Gale and Kate Atkinson's combination of the intelligent and the accessible.
Powerful,
shocking,
enlightening,
moving, and
beautifully written