Nathan's gravestone offers a short and hopeful summary: At rest. But Nathan is not at rest, and knows he won't be until he can find out how and why he died. A spectral spectator throughout the day of the wake, he listens to his wife, son, daughter, father and best friend, getting to know them like he has never known them before. But there are two things he can't understand: a strange young couple on the fringes of the wake, whose presence fills him with dread; and a room in his house he never knew existed, with a door he feels compelled to open. A door that he knows will lead to a terrifying secret.
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'A virtuoso variation on a theme...a novel of force and eloquence' -- Sunday Telegraph
'An appallingly intelligent writer...a dense, subtle, sensitive, perfectly shaped fiction' -- Guardian
'Unsparing brilliance' -- Metro
'What he is doing is wonderful, extraordinarily dark, and yes, important. It is important because he is a major writer' -- Independent on Sunday
Glen Duncan is the critically-acclaimed author of six previous novels, including I, Lucifer and The Bloodstone Papers. He was the first of his Anglo-Indian family to be born in Britain. He lives in South London.
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