Deeply satisfying.
Finn is a remarkably confident and supple storyteller.
The Gloaming] deserves major attention.
--John Williams, New York Times In this richly textured, intricately plotted novel, Finn] assures us that heartbreak has the same shape everywhere.
The Gloaming is chillingly cinematic in contrasting East Africa's exquisite landscape with the region's human needs.
Yet even in a malevolent setting, Finn shows us acts of selflessness and redemption.
Her fascination with the duality of Africa -- the most honest place on earth -- shines fiercely.
--Lisa Zeidner, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice A propulsive literary thriller.
Finn, who writes with a psychological acuity that rivals Patricia Highsmith's, switches between Europe and Africa in tense alternating chapters, rewarding close attention.
The book is terrific.
subtle and thrilling.
Remarkably well-paced and well-written.
Don't expect to be able to set this book down or forget its haunted characters.
--Kirkus Reviews, starred Intense, impressive.
--The Guardian I rarely get as invested in the outcome of a novel as I did reading The Gloaming, but the empathies that Finn evokes in this powerful and unpredictable book are not casual; these traumas could be our own.
Finn's] prose is hypnotic and knife-precise and at times so beautiful it's unnerving.
I didn't read this book so much as I experienced it and it will haunt me for a very, very long time.
--Jill Alexander Essbaum, New York Times-bestselling author of Hausfrau Pilgrim's husband left her for another woman, stranding her in a Swiss town where she is involved in an accident that leaves three children dead.
Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she absconds to Africa, befriending a series of locals each with their own tragic past.
Mysteriously, the remains of an albino appear, spooking everyone--sign of a curse placed by a witch doctor--though its intended recipient is uncertain.
Pilgrim volunteers to rid the town of t.
