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Matt haigs often darkly comic detail of caves tyrannies. Terence cave, owner of cave antiques, has already experienced the tragedies of his mothers suicide and his wifes murder when his teenage son, reuben, is killed in a grotesque accident. The possession of mr cave is published by jonathan capevintage in the uk and vikingpenguin in america heres the blurb. And now one of them has died in a grotesque accident as a result of. This piquant but remarkably unsettling tale centers on a fatherdaughter relationship that is fraught with difficulties and, in the end, goes horribly wrong. The possession of mr cave by matt haig waterstones. Terence cave, owner of cave antiques, has already experienced the tragedies of his mothers suicide and his wifes murder when his. The story of a man who, after the tragic loss of his wife and son, must compulsively protect his teenager daughter from harm, the possession of mr. So come on, terence, get on with it, you dont have all day. Review by ben macnair rating 710 matt haighs latest book, the possession of mr cave, looks at the life of terence cave, the intellectual and unworldly owner of cave antiques.
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