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‘audacious’, ‘a page-turner’ and ‘ has the makings of a feminist classic’ independent a gripping and heartbreaking novel that reimagines life at wuthering heights through the eyes of the earnshaws’ loyal servant, nelly dean.

Once upon a time, in the haunted city of derry (site of stephen king’s it and insomnia), four young boys stood together and did a brave thing; something that changed them in ways they hardly understand. a quarter-century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways although they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of maine. but this time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky. before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives and a terrible struggle with a creature from another world. their only chance of survival is locked in their past and in the boy they once rescued as a child.

Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for europe. travelling with stephen katz–also his wonderful sidekick in “a walk in the woods–he wanders from hammerfest in the far north, to istanbul on the cusp of asia. as he makes his way round this incredibly varied continent, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before with caustic hilarity. “from the trade paperback edition.