'Genius . . . What a superb storyteller Aickman is: a master' Sarah HallLying before her, though gilded and decked and perfumed and beflowered as any saint, was the twin, the image, the double of herself'After relocating to the French countryside, Rosa discovers that her home lies on an ancient and mysterious track; a bored housewife in Sweden is drawn into a sanatorium for insomniacs within a labyrinthine forest. Welcome to Robert Aickman's occult countryside, with Sarah Hall as your guide.
