19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ, UK
Tariq Goddard - High John the Conqueror
Thu 19 Jan
|London
On Thursday 19th January, we're excited to have author and publisher Tariq Goddard in the shop, for a discussion of his latest novel "High John the Conqueror"
Time & Location
19 Jan 2023, 17:30
London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK
About the event
On Thursday 19th January, we're excited to have author and publisher Tariq Goddard in the shop, for a discussion of his latest novel "High John the Conqueror"
A filmic novel, from an award-winning writer, that blends aspects of True Detective and Line Of Duty, Twin Peaks and The Wicker Man; a literary mix of styles and genres that will appeal to readers of James Elroy and David Peace, Arthur Conan Doyle and D.H. Lawrence, Shirley Jackson and Gillian Flynn.
"I always wanted to be a writer, but I became a policeman instead."
WESSEX, 2016. Teenagers are vanishing off the council estates of a small provincial city. A crop of herbs that are said to posses magical powers which only grow once every fifty years are found in the woods. A supernatural creature believed to be the guardian of the herbs is seen in nightmares. Rumours of orgiastic rituals on the…