![]() ![]() Alison and Collette have a strange relationship.Did you actually believe in Alison and her world view, or did you think it was possibly a hoax or even psychosis brought on by childhood abuse? Hilary Mantel weaves three viewpoints together to bring a ghastly vision of death to life, says John Mullan Buy Beyond Black at the Guardian bookshop John Mullan Fri 20.35 EST.How did you find the experience of reading Beyond Black?. ![]() It is not long before the place beyond black threatens to uproot their lives forever. Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside. Hilary Mantel is one of Britain’s most accomplished, acclaimed and garlanded writers. ‘Beyond Black’ is a witty and deeply sinister story of dark secrets and forces, set in an England that jumps at its own shadow, a country whose banal self-absorption is shot through by fear of the engulfing dark. ![]() When they meet at a fair, Alison invites Colette at once to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion. ![]() Colette and Alison are unlikely cohorts: one a shy, drab beanpole of an assistant, the other a charismatic, corpulent psychic whose connection to the spiritual world torments her. Our book group choice for October 2015 is Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. ![]()
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