Book description
'Intoxicating' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation
'Barrett's brilliant second novel plummets headlong into a darkly funny tale' Mail on Sunday
Bridget Jones meets Twin Peaks in this black comedy about a woman's retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her.
It wasn't just the bad breakup that…
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The Bus on Thursday introduces the reader to Eleanor Mellett who, after recovering from breast cancer, travels to a remote town in Australia to teach primary school. The horrors that ensue are both hilarious and terrifying. From a new lover who fights kangaroos in the middle of the night to body parts in the local lake, it is a wild ride. One that reveals the horrors of an isolated small town just as much as it does the potential horrors of the kind of isolation that a cancer diagnosis or experience can cause. Bartlett’s voice is one of the strongest…
From Rachel's list on The best books that show our monstrous, horror filled hearts.
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