LIGHT OVER LISKEARD

Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli s MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he s looking for somewhere to ride out what s ahead He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self sufficient haven Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse As life in the cities gets more complicated and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children his ex wife and his own sense of who he is He also grows close to Eva energetic and enchanting who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning In this entertaining and heart warming novel Louis de Bernières pokes fun at modern mores a