“THE DUMB HOUSE is a wonderfully disturbing book – chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty”
John Burnside wrote 11 novels. Ian Scott at the National Library of Scotland looks at his first: THE DUMB HOUSE (1997)
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https://blog.nls.uk/john-burnsides-first-novel-the-dumb-house/
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