Among Friends by Hal Ebbott

A hard diamond of a novel . . .

I have not stopped thinking of it since’ – Coco Mellors‘ Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut’ – Miranda Cowley Heller‘ Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn’t put it down’ – Daily Mail‘ A living thing . .

. A huge achievement’ – Financial Times Perfect lives hide terrible secrets Having emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change.

In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos’s life will be undone by a shocking act of violence. In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive? ‘Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . .

. Upends its characters’ lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashed’ – The Guardian ‘Masterly’ – John Banville