Light Over Liskeard
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
by Louis de Bernières
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 12 Oct 2023 | Archive Date 11 Nov 2023
Random House UK, Vintage | Harvill Secker
Talking about this book? Use #LightOverLiskeard #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.
Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.
He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby - including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area; a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill; an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.
As life in the cities gets more complicated, and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart, Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children, his ex-wife, and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva, energetic and enchanting, who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning.
In this entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Bernières makes us reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.
‘Marked by de Bernieres’ customary light touch and wry humour...This quirky novel is timely... a feelgood story about friendship and love – vintage de Bernieres.’ Daily Mirror
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781787303997 |
| PRICE | £20.00 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 320 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Jim S, Reviewer
It is unusual to find a romantic, entertaining and evocative novel about the end of the world as we know it, but Louis de Bernieres has managed to write one.
Q, also known as Artie, is a cryptographer using Quantum computing to defend an advanced version of the Internet from hackers and terrorists but he realises that the massive interdependence of all things electronic is soon going to come unstuck, and in this slightly futuristic world that spells disaster. However, the book isn’t really about that!
What it’s really about is how he starts to find a new life on Bodmin Moor with an extraordinary range of characters, both human and animal. Together, they are building the resilient forms of living which will survive an apocalypse and it makes for a genuinely heart-warming, and often funny, read.
It’s written with a lightness of touch and a positive message about people and nature as Artie starts to work out who he is and what he wants from the rest of his life. There are some surprises along the way!
Readers who liked this book also liked:
