Jack Luxton, former farmer and now proprietor of a caravan park, receives news that his estranged brother has been killed in Iraq. For Jack and his wife Ellie, this is catastrophic news, not only because Jack will have to travel to retrieve the remains, but also because he will have to face up to his own dark, troubled memories. Paperback edition of this latest novel from the Man Booker winner, and it received glowing reviews. 'Serious rural novels such as this one remind us of Thomas Hardy...an extraordinary novel' Nicholas Lezard, }Evening Standard{