The Glass Field
by Guy Burt
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Pub Date 14 May 2026 | Archive Date 16 May 2026
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Description
In 1986, with Chernobyl smouldering on the news and the Cold War casting a deep shadow, Scott becomes convinced that nuclear conflict is inevitable. Sensitive, watchful, and haunted by personal grief, he immerses himself in post-apocalyptic stories and survival games, drawn to the clarity they offer when the future feels out of control.
Jodie is brilliant, abrasive, damaged. Fiercely determined to keep the world at arm’s length, she wears loneliness like armour, trusting her solitude to protect her.
Drawn together by their fears, Jodie and Scott form an uneasy, wary alliance. But as time passes, their shared vision of cataclysm becomes increasingly seductive.
The Glass Field is an intimate, quietly unsettling novel about what we cling to when the world feels close to breaking.
A Note From the Publisher
Much of my television work leans toward suspense, but this book deliberately moves in a different direction: it is inward-facing, attentive to small shifts in feeling and perception, and deeply invested in damaged and difficult characters. I’m especially grateful to readers who enjoy thoughtful, nuanced fiction and who take pleasure in character-led stories.
Thank you very much for considering the book.
Advance Praise
Praise for Guy Burt's previous novels:
“Spellbinding… deftly demonstrates that what lives vividly in one person’s memory can be erased or deeply buried in another’s” – The New York Times Book Review
“Ambitious and substantial… This is a novel about first secrets, about childhood’s privacy and discovery. Burt’s great talent is to recapture their freshness and power” – The Guardian
“Burt keeps the tension simmering... by attaching a sense of impending doom to the children’s most innocuous actions” – The Independent
Marketing Plan
UK publicity handled by ReadMedia, including outreach online and to print media. The book is also listed on Goodreads to encourage early reader engagement.
The author has an extensive screenwriting career and three previously-published novels. This book is character-driven literary fiction, and promotion will focus on literary readers interested in nuanced and character-led writing.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781919440347 |
| PRICE | £11.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 326 |