Afterlife Allan Mallinson disguises himself as a Gold

disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their society

gut-wrenching and brilliantly researched depiction of a 'small war' with devastating consequences

of his two best friends: Frank Slattery

And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing

Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else

Afterlife Allan Mallinson disguises himself as a GoldThe seventies. Summer. Four students in a cottage in the middle of nowhere. Two young American women, one hell bent on destruction. Alcohol, LSD, sex, jealousy, infidelity and poetry. At the end of the summer, one of the four students will be dead, and another will be destroyed by his inability to let go of past memories, guilt and bitterness.