has meticulously fashioned a historical mystery set in Oakham, a small, damp village in southwestern England, isolated by a river and buffeted by chilly winds. This question defines the mystery at the center of The Western Wind, Samantha Harvey's latest novel. December 2018. . ―New York Times Book Review “Harvey is an intelligent and audacious writer, able and willing to take creative risks and perform stylistic feats. An imposing medieval mystery about a fearful religious community in the grips of secrecy. It is a tale of guilt, loss, confession, and pride. The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey has an overall rating of Positive based on 14 book reviews. Written by Samantha Harvey Review by Douglas Kemp. Featuring work by Shane Allison, Christine Andrada, Billy Cancel, Yuan Changming, Adelaide Crapsey, Iris Cushing, gin hart, DJ Huppatz, Lucy Ives, Joel Katelnikoff, Adam J Maynard, Ed Miller, Feliz Lucia Molina, Sam Moon-Wainwright, Jessy Randall, Brooke Michelle Robison, Kathleen Rooney, JJ Rowan, G David Schwartz, Nicole Taylor, Andrew Terhune, & Mike Young. Samantha Harvey’s new novel is a carefully paced mystery that takes place during the four days before Lent in the small medieval British village of Oakham. “The Western Wind is an extraordinary, wise, wild and beautiful book—a thrilling mystery story and a lyrical enquiry into ideas of certainty and belief. Harvey (Dear Thief) weaves a dazzling tapestry around loss and confession in late-15th-century England in this breathtaking novel. . Thomas Newman, benevolent landlord and relative newcomer to "The Western Wind" is …
In her fourth novel, Harvey (Dear Thief, 2014, etc.) Surprising, richly imagined, gloriously strange—the best kind of fiction.”—Joanna Kavenna, author of A Field Guide to Reality In my mind, the setting of Samantha Harvey's fourth novel, "The Western Wind" -- the village of Oakham, 1491 -- is rendered entirely in cinematic muted blues and grays. . It’s a question that drives a deep rumination on the lengths people will go to in order to protect themselves and the ones they care for. When the town’s wealthiest and most worldly resident, Tom Newman, is reported missing, rumors fly.
The Western Wind Samantha Harvey Review by Lauren Bufferd. John Reve is the priest in the small, benighted village of Oakham, in Somerset.
West Wind Review 2016 now available! He is told by the rural dean to investigate the circumstances in the death of the major village landholder Thomas Newham. The Western Wind.
This is a beautifully written and expertly structured medieval mystery packed with intrigue, drama and shock revelations. England in February 1491.