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Burnt Island by Thompson, Alice (Alice Frances Mary) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Burnt Island about?

For Disillusioned Author Max Long, The Offer Of A Writing-fellowship On The Mysterious-sounding ‘burnt Island’ Is A Godsend. Max Is Determined That, Inspired By His Tenure On This Windswept Outpost, He Will Produce Every Writer’s Dream — The Bestseller. And This Time, He Plans To Subvert His Usual Genre And Write A Horror Story. But Upon Arrival, Max’s Fantasies Of Hermetic Island Life Are Overturned When He Encounters A Potential Rival Living In Close Proximity – The Famously Reclusive James Fairfax, Author Of The Internationally-lauded Novel, Lifeblood. Fairfax’s Critical And Financial Success With Lifeblood, Coupled With His Refusal To Court The Limelight, Has Long Been The Talk Of The Literary Circles. However, As The Lives Of The Two Men Become Intertwined, Max Cannot Marry The Myth Of The Publicity-shy Fairfax With The Apparently Urbane And Confident Reality. He Begins To Suspect That Fairfax Is Not The True Author Of His Exceptional Debut. Moreover, Max Cannot Escape The Disturbing Knowledge That Fairfax’s Wife Has Disappeared. Recently-divorced And Struggling To Keep A Grip On His Fragile Mental State, The Vulnerable Max Finds Himself Sliding Into Fairfax’s World. And He

Who reads Burnt Island?

Author

Thompson, Alice (Alice Frances Mary)

Publisher

Salt Publishing Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781844719563

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.21 / 5 (58 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14