The Sacred Combe

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Author: Thomas Maloney ISBN: 9781925307269
Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd Publication: May 2, 2016
Imprint: Scribe Language: English
Author: Thomas Maloney
ISBN: 9781925307269
Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Publication: May 2, 2016
Imprint: Scribe
Language: English

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

‘A man’s eye is accommodative, like his heart.’

Samuel Browne’s wife has left him suddenly after three years of marriage. She invites him to ‘go and live a better life without me’. He must start again, and alone.

And so it is that Sam finds himself deep in the English countryside in a cold but characterful old house, remote and encircled by hills, in the employment and company of an older, wiser man, a man as fond of mystery as he is of enlightenment. What is the purpose of the seemingly hopeless task set for Sam in the house’s ancient library? What is the secret of the unused room? And where does a life lose its way or gain its meaning?

The combe is home to a truth born of fraud, a building made of light, and a family wrecked by recklessness: loss and love reverberate around the house and around the novel, providing pleasure, pain and purpose. Combe Hall is a house designed to honour and to enthral. And this very fine debut novel does exactly the same.

PRAISE FOR THOMAS MALONEY

‘An atmospheric novel sprinkled with literary and musical allusion.’ The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Beautiful … An intriguing gothic mystery.’ The Daily Mail

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Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

‘A man’s eye is accommodative, like his heart.’

Samuel Browne’s wife has left him suddenly after three years of marriage. She invites him to ‘go and live a better life without me’. He must start again, and alone.

And so it is that Sam finds himself deep in the English countryside in a cold but characterful old house, remote and encircled by hills, in the employment and company of an older, wiser man, a man as fond of mystery as he is of enlightenment. What is the purpose of the seemingly hopeless task set for Sam in the house’s ancient library? What is the secret of the unused room? And where does a life lose its way or gain its meaning?

The combe is home to a truth born of fraud, a building made of light, and a family wrecked by recklessness: loss and love reverberate around the house and around the novel, providing pleasure, pain and purpose. Combe Hall is a house designed to honour and to enthral. And this very fine debut novel does exactly the same.

PRAISE FOR THOMAS MALONEY

‘An atmospheric novel sprinkled with literary and musical allusion.’ The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Beautiful … An intriguing gothic mystery.’ The Daily Mail

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