The Chimes Adrian Magson A first novel about a

A first novel about a northern cad's education at Cambridge University and his rise through commercial and political spheres in the city

But a much higher destiny awaits Twig

and its terrible after-effects

On a primitive colony planet a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of all our fears

and its propensity to drool - belonging to the cantankerous lady of the house has been poisoned

The Chimes Adrian Magson A first novel about aLONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'The Chimes is a remarkable debut. It's inventive, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I highly recommend it.' Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds A mind expanding literary debut composed of memory, music and imagination. A boy stands on the roadside on his way to London, alone in the rain. No memories, beyond what he can hold in his hands at any given moment. No directions, as written words