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"A spine-chilling masterpiece..."

"Zombies hunt for living flesh in an Ireland destroyed by ‘the Emergency’ … but does this debut bring anything new to the dystopian genre?..."

"this book is an artefact in itself – a tactile, mysterious and seductive one..."

"Kristen Roupenian’s sharp, powerful and uncomfortable debut collection of stories..."

"her command of her material is scintillating..."

"There is no sign of second-album syndrome: the mix of grotty provincial realism and amateur cold-case sleuthing works just as well here...."

"the master of horror gets cuddly..."

"In its crafty structure and unhurried layering of dread, this addition to the canon is a brilliantly entertaining read, and offers a chilling response...."

"Purcell has thrown explicit Gothic elements at this by the coachload..."

"a novel which few can rival for complexity, cunning and horror. ..."

"Absurdist morality fable meets horror fantasy as a victim of sectarian violence is brought back to life in Iraq..."