by JamesLovegrove (Author)
After a series of disasterous political decisions the United Kingdom has finally fallen foul of the International Coummunity. Ostracized and bombed at random, the country has fallen apart. With the infrastructure in ruins tiny communities struggle on, relying on ancient traditions and myth for their structure and identity. In the village of Downbourne, the mayor has styled himself the Green Man. But even he is powerless to stop a raid on the village by a London based gang who kidnap a number of the village's women. One of them is the schoolmaster's wife. Their marriage was an arid disaster, but the schoolmaster feels bound to do the right thing and sets off on a journey through an England at once terrifying and magical to get her back. But does this particular damsel even want to be rescued?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 17 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0575073861
ISBN 13: 9780575073869
Book Overview: An extraordinary novel of a possible future for the UK from an author constantly compared to JG Ballard Lovegrove's grandest conception yet Arthur C Clarke Award nominated author 'Exceptional brilliance' INTERZONE One of the key genre authors in the UK today