![]() Marion’s emotional instability and proclivity for denial cause readers to question her reliability. Burns blurs the line between crime fiction and horror in this relentlessly bleak tale of loneliness and neglect. Marion tries not to dwell on what might actually be happening in the cellar-she’s powerless to change the situation, so why bother?-but then John falls ill, forcing Marion to face some harsh truths. ![]() John, a disgraced former schoolteacher, spends his days in the house’s cellar, where he allegedly builds model airplanes, but that explanation doesn’t account for the sobs and screams that occasionally escape the air vents. She passes time by daydreaming, watching TV, and trying to please her cruel and imperious older brother, John, with whom she shares her dead parents’ dilapidated Northport, England, home. British author Burns’s disquieting debut focuses on Marion Zetland, a 54-year-old spinster who has never held a job, had a friend, or known love. ![]()
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