Dark Places

This is Albion Gidley Singer at the pen, a man with a weakness for a good fact. The first fact is always the hardest: you have to begin somewhere, and such is the nature of this intractable universe that the only thing you can start with is yourself.

Dark Places, a companion novel to Lilian’s Story, is the tale of a man with a comically grand exterior who believes he has the right, and the duty, to conquer the mocking flesh of any woman. Even his own daughter.

Praise for Dark Places:

‘This is a dark tale, told with surprising humour.’

New Yorker

‘A compelling narrative, rendered with compassion.’

Newsday

‘The ambition behind it is met at almost every point by Grenville’s talent: unmistakable voice, solid intelligence, beautiful sharp language.’

Sunday Age

‘A ventriloqual tour de force.’

Sydney Morning Herald