THE VOICES - Tapa blanda

‘Dazzling...For sheer narrative invention she is without an equal.’ Stevie Davies, Independent

‘The writing style is energetic and zappy... original, cleverly imagined.’ Tamsin Dean, Sunday Telegraph

‘Outstanding novel, among the best I have read for years.’ Spectator

‘What is remarkable is Elderkin's ability to conjure up the Australian outback with such confidence... a book to be admired.' Guardian

‘Susan Elderkinos first novel “Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains”, won her a devoted following. “The Voices” doesn’t disappoint.’ Time Out

A novel of incantatory beauty set in the wilds of Australia from Susan Elderkin, one of Granta’s ‘Best of British’ writers and the sparklingly original author of ‘Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains’.

In the remote, blood-red landscape of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint hears the haunting song of an Aboriginal girl. The song tugs at something deep, something larger and more powerful than himself. She has sung Billy up – and he is destined to love her for ever.

In an Alice Springs hospital ten years later, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin, Billy attempts to explain the voices in his head. But only Cecily, the Aboriginal nurse, will listen. What unravels is a mesmerising account of the relationship between a man, the land he loves, and the spirits of the country, struggling to be heard before it is too late.

‘The Voices’ is as seductively beautiful as the timeless landscape in which it is set. A lament for a disappearing culture, told with great delicacy and power, it will continue to haunt its readers long after the final page has turned.