ARGONAUT BOOKS

When Charles Kingshaw and his mother come to live with Edmund Hooper and his father, he is seen as an intruder. Charles finds that even the most ordinary object can be turned by Hooper into a source of terror. But the worst is still to come. Reviews Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de forceGuardianEqualled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the FliesSunday TelegraphDelves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerability and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents...Read More