The Lost Child

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Caryl PhillipssThe Lost Childis a sweeping story of orphans and outcasts, haunted by the past and fighting to liberate themselves from it. At its centre is Monica Johnson, cut off from her parents after falling in love with a foreigner, and her bitter struggle to raise her sons in the shadow of the wild moors of the north of England. Intertwined with her modern narrative is the ragged childhood of Emily Bronts Heathcliff, the anti-hero ofWuthering Heightsand one of literatures most enigmatic lost boys.

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'Phillips is a master of his prose...a writer adept at building atmosphere'. * Tribune Magazine *
'Every exchange matters, every word - spoken or unspoken - counts. That Phillips evokes this with such disquieting beauty and strength is a profound achievement.' * The Tablet *
`Phillips writes with acute insightheart-breaking * Independent *
`Phillips has found a way to enlist the strange energy of Emily Brontes work and redirect it to powerful and surprising effect * Times Literary Supplement *
`vividly re-created fascinating. The atmosphere and language are intricately done, shifting with the decades and locales in a kind of linguistic odyssey * Herald *
`Powerful affecting * Spectator *
'A literary gem haunting * Woman's Way *
`Bold complex * Sunday Times *
`The prose is as sleek as you would expect from a writer as accomplished as Phillips * Guardian *
`This novel weaves together a series of stories featuring a cast of outsiders and orphans preoccupied by the idea of home Expertly written and artfully crafted * Daily Mail *
`Intricately layeredcomplex and compelling * Independent *
`The account of Emilys father teaching her to shoot is very * Mail on Sunday *

Author Bio

Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including Dancing in the Dark, Colour Me English, Crossing the River, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and A Distant Shore, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize.