by Ian Rankin · Orion Books Ltd. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752880952
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«The Flood» is Ian Rankin's coming-of-age and mystery novel, published by Orion Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
In a Scottish mining community, Mary Miller grows up marked by an accident at the mine's hot stream and lives as an outcast. Years later, a single mother to Sandy and involved with a local teacher, she sees her son fall in love with a homeless young woman. Mother and son must face a dark secret from the past, amid fire, water, and the flood.
Ian Rankin's first novel, originally published in 1986; the action takes place in Fife, Scotland. This edition is from 2006.
For readers of coming-of-age fiction and fans of Ian Rankin who want to discover his literary origins, before his Inspector Rebus series.
Sir Ian James Rankin is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
