John Vercher

The latest novel from the CWA-shortlisted author of Three-Fifths - a Sunday Times, Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year. 'Thrums with authenticity' - The Times 'Powerful, bruising and beautiful' - Chris Whitaker 'A bleak, brilliant slice of American noir' - Daily Mail 'John Vercher could well be the next great American novelist' - Kia Abdullah 'Shrewd and explosive'...

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he has just inherited a plot of land from his estranged white grandfather. He travels to a beach town several hours south of his home with the intention of selling the land immediately and moving on. But upon inspection, what lies beneath the dirt is...