the reframing of ghosts

by A K Lodge

When Professor Hildegard Fortune, E.M. Forster expert and international academic, returns to the UK from a prestigious Ivy League post, she brings with her philanthropic funding and a plan for a sponsored art project. Ten years have passed but Dr Ashley Hollocombe, phonetician and language specialist, still remembers the Professor well and wonders what else she has brought back with her from the USA. A decade ago, car-jacking crimes on campus almost ended in disaster for Ashley and her ex-car-thief boyfriend. She hoped all that remained of the various misadventures was a picture the Professor gave her. Now, the University is moving ahead, subject to all kinds of market forces and embroiled in protests about symbols of colonialism. Meanwhile Professor Fortune, a force to be reckoned with in her own right, seems only too happy to renew their acquaintance. Artworks, memories, an abandoned daughter; campus racism, sleazy deals and a northern poet. The Reframing of Ghosts is a novel about more than education with two intertwined stories, apparently years apart – but the past has relentless and random ways of catching up with you.

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