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The loney

Hurley, Andrew Michael, 1975-2016
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Easter 1976. Two teenage brothers, one mute, the other his lifelong protector, set off on a retreat with their parents and others from their church to a Catholic shrine on a wild, ever-changing stretch of Lancashire coastline known as the Loney. Led by new incumbent Father Bernard, the pilgrims dutifully observe the traditions leading up to the Resurrection, but the boys learn that there is a much older, darker power to be found in the landscape itself, one which is being trapped by strange rituals on the tidal island of Coldbarrow. Many years later, a child's body is discovered, and the two brothers are forced to confront the horrors of the past. The Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.
Main title:
The loney / Andrew Michael Hurley.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2016.
Collation:
360 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Leyburn: Tartarus Press, 2014.
Awards:
Costa Book Awards winner 2015
ISBN:
9781473619852 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
1894948
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