You Came Back
Published on 28. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-670-92125-6 (ISBN)
Description
Praised by Nick Hornby and singled out by Granta magazine as one of the best young writers in America, Christopher Coake has written a heartstopping first novel about love and loss, grieving and belief. Mark Fife thinks he has got over the death of his son Brendan in an accident and the break-up of his marriage. He's in love again, he's successful and he believes he has grieved properly. But when a crazy woman claims Brendan's ghost is back in their old house, and his ex-wife wants so much to believe her, Mark finds himself desperately trying to cling on to his sanity. And desperately trying to discover where his future lies. You Came Back is a modern ghost story, a Lovely Bones for our time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Illustrations
None
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-670-92125-6 (9780670921256)
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Person
Christopher Coake's book of stories We're in Trouble (Penguin, 2005) won him a PEN Award and led to him being named by Granta as one of America's best young writers. A native of Ohio, where You Came Back is set, he now lives in Reno where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada.
This is his first novel.
This is his first novel.