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Instructions for the Working Day
Instructions for the Working Day

Instructions for the Working Day

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FICTION

256 Pages, 5 x 7.75

Formats: Cloth, EPUB

Cloth, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $33.95)

Publication Date: September 2022

ISBN 9781914148156

Rights: US & CA

Fairlight Books (Sep 2022)

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Overview

'You go too far, my friend. You are near dangerous ground.'

Neil Fischer owns a village. Having inherited his father's former hometown of Marschwald in East Germany, left to deteriorate since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil faces the task of deciphering his demanding father's last wish and restoring the derelict village to its former glory. But when he travels to Marschwald with plans to renovate and revive it, he is met with hostility, mistrust and underlying menace.

His only friend in Marschwald is Silke, who is coming to terms with her traumatic experiences during the Cold War and has recently uncovered a shocking truth, concealed from her for years by her controlling brother. As tensions rise, a series of surreal encounters force Neil to contend with his own troubled past – but in his present, all signs point to danger.

Author Biography

Joanna Campbell lives in Gloucestershire. She studied German at university and as a student spent a year living in West Germany. Joanna has worked as a teacher of both German and English, and now writes full-time. Her debut novel Tying Down the Lion was published in 2015, and her short story collection When Planets Slip Their Tracks (2016) was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize. Her novella Sybilla won the 2021 National Flash Fiction Day Novella-in-Flash Award. Her short fiction has been published in many anthologies and literary magazines, and has won several awards.