Edgar and Lucy

Description

Eight-year-old Edgar remembers nothing of the terrible accident people still whisper about. He only knows his father is dead, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear - even the line between the living and the dead. Edgar and Lucy is a thrilling adventure and an unlikely love story, combining a wonderfully rendered family epic with a desperate search for a little boy who's lost.

Victor Lodato is a playwright, poet and novelist. His debut Mathilda Savitch was awarded a PEN USA Award for Fiction. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, and The New York Times.

'Wonder-filled, magisterial ... Pushes the boundaries of beauty' Chicago Tribune. 'I loved it' Lena Dunham. 'Lodato's prose sings with a robust, openhearted wit ... A riveting and exuberant ride' New York Times Book Review. 'Lodato's prose is gorgeous. There is poetry on every page' The Sunday Times.