New Novel From Richard Herley

I don’t know how I wound up missing this announcement at the end of May!

A new novel

I have just released a new book. The title is The Drowning and the extent about 125,000 words. It is set in England and Nigeria between 1944 and 2015 and represents something of a departure for me in that it is a purely literary novel.

And:

The Drowning is about conscience, the phenomenon that may or may not be the end of a thread leading into the most mysterious labyrinth of all. Exploring the labyrinth – trying to understand the apparently senseless fact of our existence – is the proper business of the novelist. Of course, on the journey he has to intrigue his companion, the reader. Partly the reader must be entertained and informed, but more importantly he must be offered the chance to compare his own life with that of the characters, to wonder how he himself would react in similar circumstances, and to draw from the story whatever meaning the author has consciously or otherwise built into it.

Amazon UK
Amazon US

Additional:

Richard Herley’s blog

Previously here:

Kindle As First Proofreader
Richard Herley: What Every Creative Person Should Know About Writing for Money

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2 Comments

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2 responses to “New Novel From Richard Herley

  1. Wow, thanks for the mention, Mike!

    • mikecane

      I don’t know how I missed it earlier. Must have been when I was shuttling between browsers and losing things. Good luck!

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