Flying to Nowhere

by John Fuller

WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE.John Fuller's first novel opens with the arrival of church agent Vane on a remote Welsh island where he is to investigate the disappearance of pilgrims visiting its sacred well. While Vane looks for clues and corpses the local Abbot seaches for the location of the soul. Magical and poetic, Flying to Nowhere awakens our secret hopes and fears and our need to believe in miracles.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 14, 2015

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Reviews

[Emilio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed this. Short, beautifully written, strange, occasionally funny, there’s a deeper meaning too that I didn’t really grasp on a single read. Would make an interesting companion piece to The Name of the Rose.

[Georgia Eldeib · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing, very abstract at the end. The language is beautiful.