Dark Is the Morning

“Each novel Rupert Thomson writes is a new vision of a new world; he’s the least predictable, the most surprising of writers. I don’t know how he does it.” —Philip Pullman, author of the bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy

“Lyrical, intense, and haunting, Thomson’s Italian psychodrama displays incredible narrative mastery and has the elegance and fluency of a fable. So beautifully written.” —Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea Monsters

“A wonderfully moody, moving novel, shot through with sadness and with strangeness, and with a simmering power entirely its own.” —Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith

“Beautiful and seething.” —Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond and Checkout 19

“Utterly gripping. There isn’t a writer on the planet who mines the precariousness of the human condition with such terrifying clarity and power.” —Julie Myerson, author of Nonfiction