The Garden
Genre
Literary Speculative FictionUK Publication
DoubledayUS Publication
PutnamCanadian Publication
Penguin Random House CanadaRussian
Everbook
Blurb
Two elderly sisters tend a large walled garden, planting and reaping crops according to the plans left to them in an almanac written by their mother.
They are entirely self-sufficient; they believe that the outside world is a wilderness and that they will only survive if they remain in the garden and live as their mother dictated.
They inhabit one part of a large house, the doors to the upper levels sealed off – the secrets of their past locked behind them. And they dare not look beyond the walls of the garden for fear of what lurks outside.
But then the arrival of a young boy unsettles their careful routines and makes them begin to question the existence they have so carefully forged and the truths that have been laid out for them…
‘An odd, intriguing mix of psychological mystery and dystopian gothic.’ – The Guardian
‘Part fable, part literary thriller, wholly unmoored from genre convention, The Garden may be the elusive inheritor to the weirdness of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi.’ – Vulture
‘This climate-change horror story, reminiscent of John Wyndham, combines a bleak message and often brutal action with absolutely exquisite writing.’ – Daily Mail
