The Pursuit of William Abbey
'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.' A powerful new novel about a young man haunted by a ghost from his past, and by the dark crimes committed in the name of the British empire.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN-13
- 9780356507446
- Genre
- HorrorFantasy
- Topics
- Curses and hauntingsBritish colonialism and its crimesTruth and guilt
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Horror NovelShortlisted(2020)
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