Fervour XMAS NR With every passing day the

With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter his ancient prison

Packed with fascinating science

Achingly sad and effortlessly funny

the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise

and brilliantly conceived

Fervour XMAS NR With every passing day the'Intriguing, propulsive and profoundly disturbing, this is a fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from a naturally gifted storyteller' JONATHAN COE 'Magnificent, indelible . . . That a young British novelist, on his first try, should have so effectively taken up a gauntlet laid down by the greatest American novelist of an era [Toni Morrison] might seem surprising. But maybe not . . . Enriching his story with detail and above all heart,