Dark, atmospheric and beautifully written, this is an amazing debut from a new young talentTapping in to the same accessible/literary market of books such as COLD MOUNTAIN and the novels of Cormac McCarthy John Biguenet is already a tremendously successful writer ¿ he has published short stories in Esquire, Harpers and Granta, written a radio play for the largest German station and is having one of his short stories developed into a feature film in this country. He is a rare find¿'Biguenet's calm, lucid prose is consistently entrancing' -The New York Times Book Review.