Sam meets Elizabeth and the sparks are immediate, leading to a brief and passionate marriage. When Elizabeth is murdered, Sam's life becomes complicated. In desperate confusion, he sells his life story to a filmmaker, which sets in motion an intense cat-and-mouse game between the two men. Plus, Sam has begun hallucinating, holding conversations with Elizabeth almost every evening. What at first seems as something born of terrible grief reveals itself as something completely different.
"This latest novel, a strange and tragic love story told with great power and beauty, is a remarkable achievement. The book blends macabre elements, including murder, with an absurdity and humor out of Kafka or Pirandello. It also includes utterly convincing depictions of human love and compassion…"
Library Journal (starred review)
"Once again Norman portrays Nova Scotia as a mystical realm, where the dead haunt the living, and time is tidal. The inspiration for this dark, sexy, allusive, and diabolical tale is found in Norman's memoir, I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place, further complicating the novel's eerie investigation into the yin and yang of verisimilitude and aberration."
