Burntcoat

An electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from ''a writer of show-stopping genius'' (Guardian).<BR><BR>''Dark and brilliant.'' SARAH MOSS<BR>''A masterpience.'' DAISY JOHNSON<BR>''Extraordinary.'' SARAH PERRY<BR><BR>''Hall has set a bar . . . Finely wrought, intellecutally brave and emotionally honest.''<BR>THE SCOTSMAN<BR><BR>In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. The symptoms are well known: her life will draw to an end in the coming days.<BR><BR>Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought Halit. The lover she barely knew. A presence from another culture. A doorway into a new and feverish world. <BR><BR>''Sarah Hall makes language shimmer and burn . . . One of the finest writers at work today.''<BR>DAMON GALGUT<BR><BR>''Wonderful . . . The writing goes down smoking hot onto the page.''<BR>ANDREW MILLER<BR><BR>''I can think of no other British writer whose talent so consistently thrills, surprises and staggers . . . With Burntcoat she has solidified her status as the literary shining light we lesser souls aspire to.''<BR>BENJAMIN MYERS