The stunning new novel from Owen Sheers - as heard on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.
Shortlisted for the Prix Femina Étranger 2015
The event that changed all of their lives happened on a Saturday afternoon in June, just minutes after Michael Turner - thinking the Nelsons' house was empty - stepped through their back door.
After the sudden loss of his wife, Michael Turner moves to London and quickly develops a close friendship with the Nelson family next door. Josh, Samantha and their two young daughters seem to represent everything Michael fears he may now never have: intimacy, children, stability and a family home. Despite this, the new friendship at first seems to offer the prospect of healing, but then a catastrophic event changes everything. Michael is left bearing a burden of grief and a secret he must keep, but the truth can only be kept at bay for so long.
Moving from London and New York to the deserts of Nevada, I Saw a Man is a brilliant exploration of violence, guilt and attempted redemption, written with the pace and grip of a thriller. Owen Sheers takes the reader from close observation of the domestic sphere to some of the most important questions and dilemmas of the contemporary world.
- ISBN10 0571317723
- ISBN13 9780571317721
- Publish Date 28 May 2015 (first published 1 January 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 September 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English