Stares

First edition. 202pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and top front corner. Text block edge lightly foxed and tanning. Decorative endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The author’s first novel for twenty years is set at Stares, a Victorian mansion given over to mental rehabilitation, and is seen through the eyes of William Toyne, an actor who himself is recovering from a breakdown.