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‘Even good books fade and blur in the memory, but a month after reading this novel there is no danger of me confusing it with any other’ Isabel Costello. Read full review here
‘…immediately engaging for three main reasons: the subject matter (…a tragedy that blows a family apart) the coastal setting, which is strikingly evoked in all its weather-beaten savagery, and the language, which is consistently assured and precise’ Susan Elliott Wright. Read full review here
‘ Jane Rusbridge is a brilliant new voice.’ Alison Macleod
‘What is unsaid makes the writing soar.’ Jill Dawson, Children’s Voices issue of Mslexia
‘A highly original, fresh, new talent of rare quality’ – The Lady
‘Vividly and intensely written’ Jane Rogers
‘The strands of the tale are woven together in to a haunting and powerful story of love, betrayal and family secrets in this excellent first novel’ – Leicester Mercury
‘Spanning the decades between the late 1950s to the 1990s, The Devil’s Music explores the disintegration of a family through lack of communication, grief, anger and the tricks of distorted memory. Beautifully written and displaying a particularly well-tuned sense of time and place.’ The Literateur: Dr Mardi Stewart read more
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