Light Over Liskeard: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

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Louis de Bernieres

Light Over Liskeard

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres

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English

Harvill Secker
12 November 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

An novel poking fun at modern mores and delving into what we should really treasure in our precarious lives. From the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.

A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.

He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby - including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area; a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill; an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.

As life in the cities gets more complicated, and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart, Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children, his ex-wife, and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva, energetic and enchanting, who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning.

In this entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Berni res pokes fun at modern mores, and makes us reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.

By: Louis de Bernieres
Imprint: Harvill Secker
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9781787303997
ISBN 10: 1787303993
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 12 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Louis de Berni res is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.

Reviews for Light Over Liskeard: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice * Mail on Sunday * Louis de Bernieres is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh... he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste * Evening Standard *