IN THE DARK

IN THE DARK

Historical, domestic and sexy like Moggachâ€™s best-selling Tulip Fever, this is a tantalizing, page-turning story set in South Londonâ€™s dark and dirty streets during WWI.

1916: Pretty young Eithne Clay runs a shabby-genteel South London boarding house while her husband is off at the War. Thereâ€™s Ralph, her fourteen-year old son, and Winnie the young maid, a homely, goodhearted country girl, and the lodgers, of course, a curious but necessary burden. They include blind Alwyne Flyte, communist and cynic, victim of a gas attack in the trenches. When the dreaded telegram arrives at the house, things turn from difficult to desperate for the two young women.

Then along comes the butcher, Neville Turk, big handsome ladiesâ€™ man, irresistible for his meat, money and brutish confidence, who throws flighty Eithne into a turmoil but has sinister plans of his own. Winnie and the blind lodger, meanwhile, conduct a strange, erotic liaison of their own. And young Ralph, ignored by his mother, looks on, feeling the undercurrents of desire, seeing more than he should. All the strands come together in a shocking denouement that turns a coward into a hero and young Ralph into a man.

Theyâ€™re all in the dark with their dreams, secrets and fantasies, and electric light, new to their world, may be a boon but it reveals both grime and secrets. Life is tough on the home front and theyâ€™re all working the system in different ways, sometimes comic sometimes tragic, always human.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780099507123
ReleaseDate 2008-04-08
UnitCount 1
Format International Edition
EANs 9780099507123

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780099507123
ReleaseDate	2008-04-08
UnitCount	1
Format	International Edition
EANs	9780099507123

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