The second novel from Lee Rourke, author of the cult hit 'The Canal'.
Jon Michaels - a divorced, disaffected and fatigued editor living a nondescript life in North London - wakes one morning to a phone call informing him that his uncle has been found dead in his caravan on Canvey Island. Dismissed from his job only the day before and hung-over, Jon reluctantly agrees to sort through his uncle's belongings and clear out the caravan. What follows is a quixotic week on Canvey as Jon, led on by desire and delusion, purposeful but increasingly disorientated, unfolds a disturbing secret, ever more enchanted by the island - its landscape and its atmosphere.
Haunted and haunting, 'Vulgar Things' is part mystery, part romance, part odyssey: a novel in which the menial entrances and the banal compels.
| ISBN: | 9780007542536 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2015 |
| Author: | Lee Rourke |
| Publisher: | 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Metaphysical / philosophical fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Narrative theme: Sense of place Crime and Mystery Thriller and Suspense Contemporary lifestyle fiction |
The second novel from Lee Rourke, author of the cult hit 'The Canal'.
Jon Michaels - a divorced, disaffected and fatigued editor living a nondescript life in North London - wakes one morning to a phone call informing him that his uncle has been found dead in his caravan on Canvey Island. Dismissed from his job only the day before and hung-over, Jon reluctantly agrees to sort through his uncle's belongings and clear out the caravan. What follows is a quixotic week on Canvey as Jon, led on by desire and delusion, purposeful but increasingly disorientated, unfolds a disturbing secret, ever more enchanted by the island - its landscape and its atmosphere.
Haunted and haunting, 'Vulgar Things' is part mystery, part romance, part odyssey: a novel in which the menial entrances and the banal compels.
Vulgar Things features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Vulgar Things is available in Paperback
Vulgar Things was written by Lee Rourke and published by 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Vulgar Things has 240 pages