Travel Writing - Couverture souple

'Genuinely thrilling...leads to a powerful and troubling climax' Literary Review

Pete Ferry is driving home from work one evening when he sees a car swerving dangerously on the road. The driver is a beautiful, half-naked woman, and it's clear that something isn't right. He follows at a safe distance for a while, wondering what he should do - but he hesitates, unsure, and watches in horror as her car lurches forward straight into a tree, killing her instantly...

This is the tale Pete tells his class of high-school students. But did it actually happen, or is it just an elaborate tale he concocts to illustrate the power of story-telling to his restless teenage charges? Was it really an accident? Could Pete have prevented it? Who was the woman, and why can't he stop thinking about her?

'Full of heart and soul, this two-layered story subtly smudges fiction and reality.'

Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month

'A fresh take on writing about writing, as he intelligently plays with the notions of fact and fiction, illusion and reality... A playful, thoughtful debut' Arena

'The Ferrys (both of them) are natural storytellers, and the story they tell is convincing and compelling... this is a soulful and well-written page-turner' Observer

'Right from the very first sentence it is intriguing... playfully but skilfully blurring the lines between fact and fiction... the maxim of writing what you know has rarely been more intelligently approached in recent times' Metro ****