“How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep that a secret? This book is how.”
“He’s not a copper who happens to be a man. He’s a man who happens to be a copper, and he carries that weight with him everywhere he goes.”
‘A hugely commendable debut, assured and memorable. Crime fiction may have its prize-winner at last’
Lesley McDowell
Independent
‘Dillard is triumphantly awake, and these essays are magnificent and dramatic, illuminating and inspirational. Read them; they brim with abundance’
Gavin Francis
The Guardian
‘A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, she can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader.’ Geoff Dyer’s foreword to The Abundance is available to read at Literary Hub.
Geoff Dyer
Literary Hub
“This is a debut novel and it’s an intense psychological, even apocalyptic thriller. But Chanter is also a poet, and the way she writes is graceful, evocative and emotional.”
Judy Finnigan
WH Smith Blog