Deloume Road

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A mesmirising debut novel set in the remote beauty of Vancouver Island. In the intense August heat, three local kids, Matthew, Andy and Josh, spend their time exploring the woods and secret places of Deloume Road and ignoring the ghostly boy Miles Ford, who's almost invisible anyway. Soon though, a chance discovery sets off a terrible sequence of events, forever entwining these young lives with that of Gerard Deloume, the town's long-dead founder... Winner of the Guardian Not-The-Booker Prize and the Greene & Heaton Prize for Best Novel.

Reviews

Elegant... delicate meditation on the cyclical nature of history, and the strength of communities * Observer *
A novel with real, haunting power * Guardian *
Hooton's voice is beautifully lyrical, gentle and appreciative of nature; as the novel builds we too are drawn into this world, and the jaggedly horrifying finale. Beautifully written and highly recommended -- Victoria Moore * Daily Mail *
Sensuous and arresting, Hooton's writing is consistently alive with imagery * Sunday Business Post *
A beautifully evocative and carefully crafted novel that skilfully captures a vivid landscape while giving us a glimpse into the lives of its diverse yet complex community. Tensely atmospheric, building to a stunning and horrifying climax, this is truly a novel to savour * Waterstones Books Quarterly *

Author Bio

Matthew Hooton grew up on Vancouver Island, before moving to England and completing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, winning the inaugural Greene & Heaton Prize for the Best Novel with Deloume Road. Having worked as an editor in several cities in South Korea, he now lives in Victoria, Canada.