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    The Sacred Combe

    By Thomas Maloney

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    Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

    ‘A man’s eye is accommodative, like his heart.’

    Samuel Browne’s wife has left him suddenly after three years of marriage. She invites him to ‘go and live a better life without me’. He must start again, and alone.

    And so it is that Sam finds himself deep in the English countryside in a cold but characterful old house, remote and encircled by hills, in the employment and company of an older, wiser man, a man as fond of mystery as he is of enlightenment. What is the purpose of the seemingly hopeless task set for Sam in the house’s ancient library? What is the secret of the unused room? And where does a life lose its way or gain its meaning?

    The combe is home to a truth born of fraud, a building made of light, and a family wrecked by recklessness: loss and love reverberate around the house and around the novel, providing pleasure, pain and purpose. Combe Hall is a house designed to honour and to enthral. And this very fine debut novel does exactly the same.

    PRAISE FOR THOMAS MALONEY

    ‘An atmospheric novel sprinkled with literary and musical allusion.’ The Sydney Morning Herald

    ‘Beautiful … An intriguing gothic mystery.’ The Daily Mail

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribe Publications
    Release dateMay 2, 2016
    ISBN9781925307269
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    The Sacred Combe
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    Thomas Maloney

    Thomas Maloney was born in Kent in 1979, grew up in London, and studied Physics at Oxford. His first novel, The Sacred Combe, was published in 2016. He lives in Oxfordshire with his family.

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