Felicia leaves Ireland for the Midlands with just two carrier bags and some money she has stolen. Her search for her boyfriend is hopeless until she is saved - or is she? - by plump, genial, middle-aged Mr Hilditch, a fantasist with a penchant for homeless girls. Pathetic human being, monster or both? Trevor employs his mastery of language to gradually build the tension, compelling the reader, with ever increasing dread, to turn each page.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 60 Spring 2011 ) |
