Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted CountrySHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature Philip Hoare An exciting new voice Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what comes after