The Loney: 'Full of unnerving terror . . . amazing' Stephen King
Mar 2015 · Hachette UK
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'The Loney is not just good, it's great. It's an amazing piece of fiction' Stephen King
Easter 1976. Two teenage brothers, one mute, the other his lifelong protector, set off on a retreat with their parents and others from their church to a Catholic shrine on a wild, ever-changing stretch of Lancashire coastline known as the Loney. Led by new incumbent Father Bernard, the pilgrims dutifully observe the traditions leading up to the Resurrection, but the boys learn that there is a much older, darker power to be found in the landscape itself, one which is being tapped by strange rituals on the tidal island of Coldbarrow.
Many years later, a child's body is discovered, and the two brothers are forced to confront the horrors of the past. The Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016
'This is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' Observer
'A masterful excursion into terror' The Sunday Times
Easter 1976. Two teenage brothers, one mute, the other his lifelong protector, set off on a retreat with their parents and others from their church to a Catholic shrine on a wild, ever-changing stretch of Lancashire coastline known as the Loney. Led by new incumbent Father Bernard, the pilgrims dutifully observe the traditions leading up to the Resurrection, but the boys learn that there is a much older, darker power to be found in the landscape itself, one which is being tapped by strange rituals on the tidal island of Coldbarrow.
Many years later, a child's body is discovered, and the two brothers are forced to confront the horrors of the past. The Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016
'This is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' Observer
'A masterful excursion into terror' The Sunday Times
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3.7
36 reviews
Ian Gates
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December 19, 2017
A book that's not going to do a lot for tourism on a particular section of the Lancashire coast where the weather is awful and the .backward and threatening. Owes a certain debt to several 1970s horror films such as Straw Dogs and particularly the Wicker Man with elements of folk horror and the strong role of faith, more specifically Catholism. However the central mystery is never adequately explained. Consequently it's a novel in which the whole is less than the sum of the parts.
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Paul Roberts
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July 26, 2017
To say i hated the book would be wrong but it certainly was not what i expected. The location for the book was ideal given the story but for much of the book i was quite bored and felt the pacing was very slow up until the end few chapters.
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Patricia Crust
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October 28, 2016
It was a good read, stranger in places and had an unusual ending. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good read., and who like odd ending's, something you wouldn't think how ,you could see it ending after reading most of the story you get an idea, this ending Stray's totally away from that.
About the author
Andrew Michael Hurley is based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, won the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award. Starve Acre was made into a film starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
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