King of the badgers
By: Philip Hensher
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780007301348
Subjects: Investigation; Missing children; Electronic surveillance; Missing persons; Right of Privacy; City and town life; Fiction
Description: Hanmouth: a quiet, picturesque English seaside town. But behind closed, Georgian front doors and the within the artisan cheese shop, its residents live lives that are anything but. When an 8-year-old girl goes missing from the estate on the fringes of the town, Hanmouth becomes the centre of national attention. Under the scrutiny of the investigation the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare: the passions of a quiet international aid worker; a recently widowed old woman's late discovery of sexual gratification; and a memorable party, held by the Bears.
Notes: Originally published: 2011.