Melmoth

'A novel that manages that vanishingly rare feat - being at once hugely readable and profoundly important' Observer OBSERVER BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE Oh friend, take my hand - I've been so lonely! One winter night in Prague, Helen Franklin encounters her friend Karel, half-mad with fear. After a sudden death in the National Library, he has come into possession of an mysterious manuscript. It is filled with testimonies from some of the darkest moments in human history, all of which record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black. Helen reads its contents with scepticism, but everything in her life is about to change...