M. T. Roberts - Featuring lyrical prose and a captivating alternate view of history, The Ghost in the Grass is a unique, slow-burn of a novel that deftly weaves history, suspense, and literary flai

 

M. T. Roberts, The Ghost in the Grass, Aberrant

Literature, 2021.

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After receiving a letter from a once dear but now estranged colleague, Dr. Mannswell travels to the Karoo of South Africa. With scars of the Boer War still evident and his colleague missing, Mannswell is plummeted into a world of bureaucracy and decay. As a series of unnerving clues and coincidences point to a centuries-old conspiracy, Mannswell is compelled to descend a mysterious gaping hole in pursuit of his sanity.

Featuring lyrical prose and a captivating alternate view of history, The Ghost in the Grass is a unique, slow-burn of a novel that deftly weaves history, suspense, and literary flair.