How You See Me

How You See Me

by S.E.Craythorne (Author)

Synopsis

I've probably lied to you. That's habit. I lie to everyone about my family - Daniel Laird has returned to his remote family home in Norfolk to care for his ailing artist father. Living an isolated existence - - with his father unable to speak and only their brusque housekeeper, Maggie, for company - Daniel describes the strangeness of coming home after an eight-year absence in a series of vivid and passionate letters to his sister, his boss and to Alice, his one true love. But it is not until he discovers a hidden cache of his father's paintings that the truth begins to surface. The more Daniel writes, the more we learn about the past and about why he left all those years ago - and the more we begin to fear for those he claims to hold dear. Taut and suspenseful, this powerful novel compulsively unfolds in Daniel's own hand, exploring the terrifying power of the mind to deceive, not only others but - most frightening of all - ourselves.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 1
Publisher: Myriad Editions
Published: 27 Aug 2015

ISBN 10: 1908434562
ISBN 13: 9781908434562

Media Reviews
'The architecture of the novel is tight and spare... a polished literary mystery exploring the fragile and intensely human nature of deception.' - The Independent; 'How You See Me is an absolute marvel of a novel, a triumph of subject, form and storytelling.' - We Love This Book; 'A tender, poignant story... word-perfect. S.E. Craythorne revives an old conceit - the epistolary novel - while making a modern point: how very hard it is to know ourselves and how very hard it is to be understood by others.' - Yann Martel; 'A painfully acute portrait of a damaged inner life. In spare, expertly controlled prose Craythorne slowly reveals... a tale which is genuinely chilling - a fine debut.' - Sarah Perry; 'In this dark, intoxicating novel, S.E. Craythorne writes about being loved and being lost... a wonderful, devastating read.' - Alice Kuipers
Author Bio
S.E. Craythorne is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. Her poetry and prose have previously been published by Gatehouse Press, Poetry Unbound and ink sweat and tears. In 2013 she was awarded a place on the METAL Culture Lab programme and performed at the Shorelines Festival. An extract from Craythorne's debut novel, Less Than Kind, was shortlisted for the 2013 Writer's Retreat Competition and was longlisted the same year for Mslexia's Women's Novel Competition. In 2014, she was awarded Arts Council funding to write her second novel. Brought up on a smallholding in rural Norfolk, S.E. Craythorne has also lived in Manchester and Hong Kong. She has worked as a bookseller, journalist, artist's model, English teacher and librarian. S.E. Craythorne now lives and works in Norwich.