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|author= Edward Parnell
|reviewer= Luke Marlowe
|genre= Literary Fiction
|summary=A moving, intense and vivid story, ''The Listeners'' is a tale that haunts on several levels.
|rating= 4
|isbn= 978-1781331064
|website= http://www.edwardparnell.com
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May 1940. William Abrehart has not spoken since the mysterious death of his father, choosing instead to spend his days in the woods that surround his home. A promise he made to his dying father means that he is responsible for the wellbeing of his two sisters, and their withdrawn mother. Over the course of a weekend, ghosts of the past cause buried secrets, lies and promises to come spilling out - culminating in a series of shocking events.
May thanks to the publishers for the copy.
Further reading is a tricky one - this book is fairly unique in terms of tone. As mentioned above, there are ties to Ted Hughes, and I would recommend his poems to absolutely everybody. For some reason I was also reminded of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw" - a sense of foreboding and uncertainty pervades both that and "The Listeners" . [[Atonement by Ian McEwan]] also springs to mind - a book that explores civilian life against the backdrop of a war, and the destruction of a family unit from the inside.
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