The Girl On The Landing by Paul Torday - ISBN: 9780753823408
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A husband’s obsession unlocks passion, but unleashes something sinister.

The Girl On The Landing

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2010

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Summary

Elizabeth has been married to Michael for ten years. She has adjusted to a fairly monotonous routine with her wealthy, decent but boring husband. Part of this routine involves occasional visits to Beinn Caorrun, the dank and gloomy house in a Scottish glen that Michael inherited. There are memories there that Michael will not share with her.

But then Michael begins to change. It starts when he thinks he sees, in a picture, the figure of a girl on a landing. As he changes, life becomes…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753823408
ISBN-10:0753823403
Author:Paul Torday
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 February 2010
Weight:260g
Dimensions:22mm x 128mm x 198mm
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The Girl On The Landing by Paul Torday - ISBN: 9780753823408
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Critics Review

‘Torday is clearly having fun’

The finale is terrifying, harking back to old-fashioned ghost stories, but with a modern, plausible twist - it stood the hairs of my arms on end * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Torday skilfully maintains a knife-edge tension… an original and satisfying thriller * DAILY MAIL *
A gently comic novel about schizophrenia sounds like the worst idea ever, but Torday pulls it off magnificently.. a clever, gripping novel * THE TIMES *
Paul Torday’s third and extremely accomplished novel.. is another tour de force from one of our best emerging writers * DAILY EXPRESS *
Compelling and totally captivating * BELLA *
His prose remains anything but safe. It is supple, skilful and literary… this is a fabulously good yarn * OBSERVER *
The author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN impresses again with this absorbing tale of identity * PSYCHOLOGIES *
A fantastically gripping and chilling novel * BEST *
A compulsively readable psychological thriller… Torday’s ability to keep the reader in the grip of a nightmare is exceptional * METRO *
Torday is a gifted writer, I loved it * THE BOOKSELLER *
Told by husband and wife, this intriguing story of the impact of ghostly visitors is an unusual exploration of mental illness * CHOICE *
What starts as a tale of domestic disharmony evolves into a gripping, ghostly page-turner * FINANCIAL TIMES *

About The Author

Paul Torday

Paul Torday was born in 1946 and read English Literature at Oxford. He spent the next 30 years working in industry, after which he scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition - to write. He burst on to the literary scene in 2006 with SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, an immediate bestseller. He lives close to the River North Tyne.

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