Starve Acre
The disturbing folk horror novel from the author of Barrowbeck
By Andrew Michael Hurley
Harry Hartog's review
Starve Acre is a masterfully crafted exploration of folklore horror, exploring the grief and guilt associated with losing a child whilst remaining terrifyingly eerie. This ominous and chilling novel left me with the hairs on the back of my neck raised and feeling that little bit more aware of the history of the land upon which we live. I am so eager for more like it. - Lily, Harry Hartog Macquarie
Description
The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place.
Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree.
STARVE ACRE is a devastating new novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller THE LONEY. It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope, we can so easily unearth horror.
- ISBN:
- 9781529387308
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 256
- Published:
- Publisher:
- John Murray Press
- Imprint:
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Weight:
- 180 g