This short novel - I suppose you would call it a novella - is a thought provoking and stylish story of a British farming family. All is not what it seems....
It is always great to discover a new author, and I will certainly look out for more Susan Hill books.
A good review of the book can be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/18/fiction
Novelist, children's writer and playwright Susan Hill was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1942. Her first novel, The Enclosure, was published in 1961 when she was still a student. She worked as a freelance journalist between 1963 and 1968, publishing her third novel, Gentleman and Ladies, in 1968. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1972 and was a presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Bookshelf' from 1986 to 1987. In 1996 she started her own publishing company, Long Barn Books, editing and publishing a quarterly literary journal, Books and Company, in 1998.
Comment on The Beacon by Susan Hill (Chatto & Windus, 2008) by Caroline.
My rating: 3.5
Book no 2186 (Sue W)
