000			01088cam a2200157 i 4500
020			_a9781408817667 (hbk)
020			_a9781408838242 (pbk.)
082			_bFOR/HI _a823
100	1		_aForna, Aminatta.
245	1	4	_aThe hired man /
250			_a1
260			_aLON _bBloomsbury _c2013
300			_a293 pages ;
520			_aGost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the lively chatter of English voices carries across the fallow fields. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak who lives alone with his two hunting dogs. As he helps Laura with repairs to the old house, they uncover a mosaic beneath the ruined plaster and, in the rising heat of summer, painstakingly restore it. But Gost is not all it seems; conflicts long past still suppurate beneath the scars.
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