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It's a shame because I really did love the pacing and writing style and the level of structured confusion and tension the author was able to create. Of course they are safe and dry and experiencing it at home, but I want them to have a sense of how it feels to be out on a run in that sort of situation – and sort of bring them along with that.
One of his hand-drawn maps has the word ‘hotel’ marked prominently, but there doesn’t seem to be a hotel nearby. That being said, I believe some specific resonant moments will stick with me, even if the overall arc of the story didn't quite deliver. Unfortunately, it conveyed that in the first 40 pages or so, and the rest of the story did little but take away from its strength.The novel chronicles its narrator’s attempt to piece together these texts and, hopefully, find a clue to their father’s whereabouts. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. But one thing that I knew before I was doing that all this stuff is I have to run in the morning, before I go, as a way of managing my anxiety in advance. And it was a bit grey, a bit wet, but normal – not terrible weather conditions, and it wasn't forecast to be either.
As a lifelong runner, do you think you’ve sort of been using running as a kind of preventative medicine? Fray is an exceptional and haunting debut, very reminiscent of the work of Max Porter … I absolutely loved it. Full of mystery and the complicated sensations of grief, it is also an emotional journey with plenty of twists and turns. This is his debut novel, which he wrote over the course of several years in secret twenty-minute bursts, while on the bus to and from work (he missed his stop more often than he cares to admit! I just about stuck with it, and was ultimately disappointed by it, though by its experimental nature I can respect Carse's boldness.Guilt ridden by an argument that may have propelled their father's plight, the protagonist arrives in the Highlands, attempting to piece together what has happened to their father and come to terms with their own grief and guilt. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I’m trying not to get caught on the breathlessness of a suggestion, the agitation and excitement of that single page, that tiny clue that may mean nothing. This author knows how to use language to great effect to create a feeling, to create an atmosphere to create a real intensity, The short sharp sentences, next to the long rambling ones create a stream of consciousness so you feel like you’re in the narrators head. Usually when a novel is set in remote mountains such as the Highlands the backdrop is a key part of the story.
Had the author stopped at that 25% mark, it would’ve been a 4-star story, and nothing much would’ve been lost. There is a pace to this which the narrator (the son) can accelerate and decelerate to keep the reader guessing and turning the pages. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I highly recommend this cinematic and emotional whirlwind as a gift for family, friends or a personal treat!
As both a runner and someone who loves the wild landscape of the Scottish Highlands this book transported me to a thoroughly engrossing world. This tale is beautifully rendered with a distinct style that brings the full range of emotions to the surface. You could argue the symbolism here: it being a reflection of the character’s “working through grief in real time”. I have just been focusing on enjoying it actually, because I have a terrible habit of overdoing it or getting injured or just kind of being a bit over enthusiastic with training too hard. The cottage floor and the few pieces of furniture are covered in scraps of paper in what he takes to be his father’s handwriting.
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