The Blind Light
24 June 2021Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2021
‘Extraordinary’ – Spectator
‘Powerful’ – Guardian
‘Spellbinding’ – The Tablet
As the 1950s draw to a close, and the Cold War escalates, the shape of Drummond Moore's life is changed beyond measure when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with James Carter, a rich and well-connected fellow national serviceman. Carter leads him to Doom Town – an...
Details
24 June 2021544 pages
9781529031003Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A thoughtful and powerful study of the corrosive effects of fear, the damage we do to ourselves and our loved ones when danger is all we can see . . . disconcertingly timelyGuardian
A panoramic novel of modern Britain . . . extraordinarySpectator
The Blind Light reads like a British Don DeLillo, telling the social history of Britain through two generations of a familyAlex Preston, Observer
Engrossing . . . A terrific bookSamira Ahmed, BBC Radio 4
