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The
Claude Glass
by
Tom Bullough_
“A
superb book from the
border, bright,
full of truth, romantic
and real. The Claude
Glass feels like the
beginning of something
serious and remarkable:
an honourable successor
to Bruce Chatwin’s
On the Black Hill, springing
from the same ground.” Horatio
Clare, author of Running
for the Hills
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Set
in the Welsh Borders
in 1980, The
Claude Glass charts
an unlikely friendship
between two neighbours;
Robin, the seven-year-old
son of English hippie sheep
farmers, and Andrew, a
child so neglected by his
impoverished parents that
he is left almost mute,
seeking solace among the
farm dogs.
Exploring
his parentís
semi-derelict farmhouse,
Andrew finds an antique
convex mirror - a
Claude Glass - and,
gazing into it, the
two boys see their
wild,
rural landscape strangely
ordered.
But this comforting
vision proves fragile
as tensions
and sexual jealousy
rock the adult world
around
them.
Written
with a lyricism and freshness
that echoes
the early work of Esther
Freud or Bruce Chatwin,
The Claude Glass draws
you into the lives
of its startling characters
and
their tarnished romance
with nature. |
Tom
Bullough grew
up in a hill farm in Radnorshire
- the
setting of The
Claude Glass - and now lives in the
Cambrian
mountains.
He
works as a music and
travel writer,
tractor driver, and helps
run Tonic, a fair trade
T-shirt
business.
 This
is Tom's second novel;
his first, A,
was published by Sort
Of Books in
2002.
Click
here for more about A.
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Compelling
fiction with strong human
interest and vivid themes – nature,
romanticism, hippie idealism,
childhood.
Event
offered for Hay Festival
2007
Film
rights under consideration |
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"The
Claude Glass delivers
just what the
title promises – a
beautifully delineated
miniature of a family caught
up in the reality of the
rural dream.” Francine
Stock
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"Immensely
powerful and evocative – this
portrayal of life in
rural Wales through
the eyes of children
is convincing and magical.” Victoria
Hislop |
"A
superb book from the
border, bright, full
of truth, romantic
and real. The Claude
Glass feels like the
beginning of something
serious and remarkable:
an honourable successor
to Bruce Chatwin’s
On the Black Hill,
springing from the
same ground.”
Horatio
Clare, author of Running for
the Hills |
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date
May 2007
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ISBN 978-0-95489-951-6
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Format B-paperback
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| Launch at
Hay Festival |
Price £6.99
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Extent 240pp |
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