05387cam a2200349 4500 272360584 TxAuBib 20160922120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544746817 0544746813 B011H55QE6 Amazon a49c1e24-2333-4a29-ba44-2ae9cbffd3f0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2287400 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hurley, Andrew Michael. The Loney [READS eBook]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1532kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1532kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:Starred review from March 7, 2016 A palpable pall of menace hangs over British author Hurley’s thrilling first novel, narrated by a London boy, “Tonto” Smith, whose affectionate nickname was bestowed by a parish priest who likened himself to the Lone Ranger. Tonto and his family undertake an Easter pilgrimage to the Moorings, a house overlooking a treacherous swath of tide-swept Cumbrian coast known as the Loney. Smith’s devoutly Catholic mother hopes that taking the waters at the nearby shrine will cure his older brother, Hanny, of his lifelong muteness. But the Cumbrian landscape seems anything but godly: nature frequently manifests in its harshest state and the secretive locals seem beholden to primitive rites and traditions that mock the religious piety of the visitors. Adding to the mystery is Coldbarrow, a spit of land turned twice daily by the tides into an island, where a man, a woman, and a pregnant teenage girl have taken refuge in a gloomy house named Thessaly. Hurley (Cages and Other Stories) tantalizes the reader by keeping explanations for what is happening just out of reach, and depicting a natural world beyond understanding. His sensitive portrayal of Tonto and Hanny’s relationship and his insights into religious belief and faith give this eerie tale depth and gravity. Agent: Lucy Luck, Aitken Alexander Associates (U.K.).. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:Starred review from January 5, 2015 A palpable pall of menace hangs over British author Hurley's thrilling first novel, narrated by a London boy, "Tonto" Smith, whose affectionate nickname was bestowed by a parish priest who likened himself to the Lone Ranger. Tonto and his family undertake an Easter pilgrimage to the Moorings, a house overlooking a treacherous swath of tide-swept Cumbrian coast known as the Loney. Smith's devoutly Catholic mother hopes that taking the waters at the nearby shrine will cure his older brother, Hanny, of his lifelong muteness. But the Cumbrian landscape seems anything but godly: nature frequently manifests in its rawest state and the secretive locals seem beholden to primitive rites and traditions that mock the religious piety of the visitors. Adding to the mystery is Coldbarrow, a spit of land turned twice daily by the tides into an island, where a man, a woman, and a pregnant teenage girl have taken refuge in a gloomy house named Thessaly. Hurley (Cages and Other Stories) tantalizes the reader by keeping explanations for what is happening just out of reach, and depicting a natural world beyond understanding. His sensitive portrayal of Tonto and Hanny's relationship and his insights into religious belief and faith give this eerie tale depth and gravity.. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:The eerie, suspenseful debut novel — hailed as "an amazing piece of fiction" by Stephen King — that is taking the world by storm. When the remains of a young child are discovered during a winter storm on a stretch of the bleak Lancashire coastline known as the Loney, a man named Smith is forced to confront the terrifying and mysterious events that occurred forty years earlier when he visited the place as a boy. At that time, his devoutly Catholic mother was determined to find healing for Hanny, his disabled older brother. And so the family, along with members of their parish, embarked on an Easter pilgrimage to an ancient shrine. But not all of the locals were pleased to see visitors in the area. And when the two brothers found their lives entangling with a glamorous couple staying at a nearby house, they became involved in more troubling rites. Smith feels he is the only one to know the truth, and he must bear the burden of his knowledge, no matter what the cost. Proclaimed a "modern classic" by the Sunday Telegraph (UK), The Loney marks the arrival of an important new voice in fiction.. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-09-21 23:00:02. http://reads.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=a49c1e24-2333-4a29-ba44-2ae9cbffd3f0 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a49c1e24-2333-4a29-ba44-2ae9cbffd3f0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a49c1e24-2333-4a29-ba44-2ae9cbffd3f0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a49c1e24-2333-4a29-ba44-2ae9cbffd3f0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)