EAN: 9781529920611

DE BERNIÈRES LOUIS LIGHT OVER LISKEARD

Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. A novel about what really matters in
life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin   Q wants a simpler and safer
life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is
imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.  He buys a
ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course
of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby -
including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area 
a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill  an Arthurian knight on
horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.  As life in the
cities gets more complicated  and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart  Q
flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with
his teenage children  his ex-wife  and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva 
energetic and enchanting  who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning.  In this
entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Bernières pokes fun at modern mores  and makes us
reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.   *SHORTLISTED FOR THE
2024 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE*  'Beguiling' Observer   'A feelgood story about
friendship and love - vintage de Bernières' Daily Mirror   'A wonder... wry  wise' Daily Mail 
'Heaps of old-fashioned adventure' The Times

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