Autorentext

Born in North Yorkshire, Ray Robinson first won attention in 2006 with his debut novel, Electricity. It was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. The screen adaptation won Best Screenplay at the National Film Awards. His novel Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize and The Mating Habits of Stags, based on his award-winning short film Edith, was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. His other novels are The Man Without and Jawbone Lake.

Klappentext

Paul is a graphic novelist living quietly in a northern town. By day, he works in a café; by night, he pours his anguish into hauntingly vivid illustrations, trying to bury a childhood trauma beneath ink and imagination.

A chance conversation with a family member unsettles this fragile balance. Finding a courage he didn't know he possessed, Paul resolves to seek justice--but the police investigation and judicial process prove to be their own form of torment.

Caught in a dangerous mix of rage and despair, Paul reaches a crossroads. The choice he makes will shape the rest of his life.

With precision, heart, and formal daring, Ray Robinson traces the uneasy path from damage toward repair in an unflinching yet tender exploration of how art and truth can both wound--and heal.