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The Melody
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Strange, unsettling, brilliant' Observer
'Hypnotic and powerful . . . The Melody is a reminder that we neither own nor control the natural world' Irish Times
Alfred Busi, famed in his town for his music and songs, is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days in the villa he has always called home. Then one night Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs as it raids the contents of his larder.
Busi is convinced that what assaulted him was no animal, but a child, 'innocent and wild', and his words fan the flames of old rumour - of an ancient race of people living in the bosk surrounding the town - and new controversy: the people have had enough, it is time for the town's paupers, the feral wastrels at its edges, to be dealt with.
Once and for all.
'Painful, tender and beautifully written' Financial Times
'As touching as a well-made melody' Daily Telegraph
'Seductively atmospheric . . . deeply moving' Daily Mail
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