The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Andrew Michael Hurley
• Title: The Loney
• Publisher: ‎ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First U.S. Edition (May 10, 2016)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Library Binding – 295 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 054474652X
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0544746527
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.15 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.4 x 1.25 x 9.3 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First U.S. Edition

Synopsis:

Hailed as “a masterful excursion into terror” by the Sunday Times―the eerie, suspenseful debut novel from the author of Devil’s Day and Starve Acre.

When Smith was a boy, he and his family went on an Easter pilgrimage with their local parish to the Loney, a bleak stretch of the English coastline, to visit an ancient shrine in search of healing for Smith’s disabled brother. But the locals were none too pleased to welcome them, and the two brothers soon became entangled in a troubling morass of dangerous rituals.

For years after, Smith carries the burden of what happened that spring. And when he hears that the body of a young child has been found during a storm at the Loney, he’s forced to finally reckon with his darkest secrets―and the terror they carry with them.

“The masterpiece by which Hurley will enter the Guild of the Gothic”―Guardian

“Fans of Shirley Jackson are sure to savor . . . Tight, suspenseful writing makes this masterful novel unsettling in the most compelling way.”―Washington Post

About the Author:

Andrew Michael Hurley (born 1975) is a British writer whose debut novel, The Loney, was published in a limited edition of 278 copies on 1 October 2014 by Tartarus Press and was published under Hodder and Stoughton's John Murray imprint in 2015.

Andrew Michael Hurley is based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, was published in 20 languages, and won the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards. Devil’s Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers and won the Encore Award.