The Colony

A vivid and memorable book about art, land and language, love and sex, youth and age. Big ideas tread lightly through Audrey Magee s strong prose. Sarah Moss I utterly adored it Marian Keyes So brilliant in its quiet tragedy, so revealing in its precision, it haunts me. Tsitsi Dangarembga He handed the easel to the boatman, reaching down the pier wall towards the sea. Mr Lloyd has decided to travel to the island by boat without engine - the authentic experience. Unbeknownst to him, Mr Masson will also soon be arriving for the summer.