Beyond Black Beyond Black

Beyond Black

A Novel

    • 3.6 • 21 Ratings
    • $12.99
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

Hailed as a "writer of subtlety and depth," Hilary Mantel turns her dark genius on the world of psychics in this smart, unsettling novel (Joyce Carol Oates)

A paragon of efficiency, Colette took the next natural step after finishing secretarial school by marrying a man who would do just fine. After a sobering, do-it-yourself divorce, Colette is at a loss for what to do next. Convinced that she is due an out-of-hand, life-affirming revelation, she strays into the realm of psychics and clairvoyants, hungry for a whisper to set her off in the right direction. At a psychic fair in Windsor she meets the charismatic Alison.

Alison, the daughter of a prostitute, beleaguered during her childhood by the pressures of her connection to the spiritual world, lives in a different kind of solitude. She cannot escape the dead who speak to her, least of all the constant presence of Morris, her low-life spiritual guide. An expansive presence onstage, Alison at once feels her bond with Colette, inviting her to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion.

Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist. It is not long before Alison's connection to the place beyond black threatens to uproot their lives forever. This is Hilary Mantel at her finest- insightful, darkly comic, unorthodox, and thrilling to read.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2006
April 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Henry Holt and Co.
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
2.2
MB

More Books Like This

The Lutheran Ladies Circle: Melody Markett's Crash Course on Life The Lutheran Ladies Circle: Melody Markett's Crash Course on Life
2016
The High Season The High Season
2018
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
2003
Spookshow 11: Spiritualist & Medium Spookshow 11: Spiritualist & Medium
2021
The Vet from Snowy River The Vet from Snowy River
2021
Blessings Blessings
1989

More Books by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall Wolf Hall
2009
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies
2012
The Mirror & the Light The Mirror & the Light
2020
A Place of Greater Safety A Place of Greater Safety
2006
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
2014
Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies PBS Masterpiece E-Book Bundle Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies PBS Masterpiece E-Book Bundle
2015

Customers Also Bought

The Illness Lesson The Illness Lesson
2020
Ilium Ilium
2024
Moon Witch, Spider King Moon Witch, Spider King
2022
The Master The Master
2010
The Discomfort of Evening The Discomfort of Evening
2020
The Godmother The Godmother
2019