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A novel of mysterious beauty, The Devil's Footprints" "explores the elemental forces of everyday life: love, fear, grief, and the hope of redemption.Michael Gardiner has lived in Coldhaven all his life yet still feels like an outsider. Married but distant from his wife, he discovers that a school friend, Moira Birnie, has killed herself and her two sons by setting their car ablaze. However, she spared her fourteen-year-old daughter, Hazel. As teenagers, Michael and Moira had a brief romance, yet more troubling is the fact that Michael was responsible for the death of Moira's brother, the town bully. In the wake of this most recent tragedy, Michael becomes obsessed with Hazel, and she convinces him to take her away from the village and her abusive father, with devastating consequences.

Book details

• Full title: The Devil's Footprints
• Author: John Burnside
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780307385826
• ISBN: 0307385825
• ID: 11364076
• Publisher: ANCHOR
• Weight: 259 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 134 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: February 2009

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