Cley

The year is 1968, and Jack Thurgo is about to plunge into marriage.

Before he finally commits himself he takes a last holiday on his own, cycling to the Norfolk coast.

To a young man alone for the first time in years, life seems full of enjoyable temptations.

Then Jack comes across a fatal car crash in a country lane and recognizes a former boarding school mentor, John Bromley, as the comatose survivor.

Bromley had been a father figure, replacing the father Jack lost to World War Two, in babyhood.

But at the hospital, a woman identifies him as Mr. Sindacombe.

Unable to let this go, Jack starts to investigate the matter with a feverish determination bordering on the obsessive.

As his search deepens, he is transported to his school days when he faced the fearsome Mr. Bromley, at times tempestuous, and yet so often the father Jack never knew.

At the heart of the English countryside, the summer days blur into one while the truth is told and retold ...

‘Cley’ is a haunting tale exploring the inner workings of family, relationships and the ghosts of our childhood. It is the second book in Harrison’s ‘To Liskead Quartet’ following on from ‘Richard’s Feet’.

“Complex and mysterious… a fascinating tale of a man intent on reviving his past and fathoming out his past” – Today

“A haunting, remarkable novel, with darkly humorous pairings and sexual conspiracies set against the shifting moods of the English countryside. Taken with Richard’s Feet it looks like a skilful opening gambit in an intriguing work.” -Jonathan Coe, Times Literary Supplement

“Harrison is a polished and entertaining writer” – Time Out

“An amusing, weirdly compelling tale… often reminiscent of Jack Kerouac” – New Woman

“Fruity characterizations… Harrison certainly knows how to write dialogue which skims across the page. To judge from the way Richard’s Feet multiplies and expands the themes adumbrated here, it’s more likely Harrison has an abundance of further tricks up his sleeve in readiness for the two succeeding volumes” – London Review of Books

Described in the Dublin Evening News as ‘one of the most accomplished writers of our time,’ Carey Harrison was born in Britain and raised in the United States where he has spent the majority of his working life. He began as a stage playwright, completing 42 plays for the stage and forty plays for BBC radio. He is also an actor, teach and novelist. He lives in Woodstock, New York.

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