{"id":2142,"date":"2016-09-11T17:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2020-03-04T17:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:41:46","slug":"many-wyl-menmuir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/many-wyl-menmuir\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many by Wyl Menmuir – An Unsettling and Atmospheric Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
An abandoned house in a secluded fishing village has a new owner. What are the stories surrounding the previous owner? And why are the villagers sceptical of the new comer?<\/p>\n
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The 2016 Man Booker longlist was a surprising one. When The Many by Wyl Menmuir<\/em> published by Salt publishing<\/em> got longlisted, it took the literary world by surprise. And so I began the book with high expectations<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A young man, Timothy, takes an abandoned cottage in a fishing village, hoping to fix it up before being joined by his girlfriend. The villagers view him as an intruder. So does Ethan, who blames himself for the death of the previous owner of the house, Perran. When Ethan and Timothy go on a boat together, do their previous grudges and regrets affect the kinship?<\/p>\nIn Brief<\/h3>\n