Description: "A perfect ghost story"-- The Independent "Atmospheric . . . Haunting . . . Dunmore's eerie evocation of post-WWII Britian provides the perfect framework for this nifty little ghost story."-- Booklist "Conveys a shivery menace . . . This is the most elegant flesh-creeper since Susan Hill's The Woman in Black ."-- The Times (UK) "Dunmore has a sharp eye, and a fine pen, for the hairline cracks in a new marriage, for what is not said as passion begins to dwindle."-- The Guardian "A taut, elegantly written ghost story . . . Dunmore is on fine form here, wielding her skill at bringing history to life in the small, dismal details of the post-war period, and showing off her talents as a poet in her mesmerising depiction of a possession. . . . Spines are delicately, deliciously chilled when she reveals just who is doing the possessing--ghost stories don't have to be long or gruesome, to be thoroughly scary."-- The Sunday Times (UK) "A powerful evocation of the period and of the tricks the mind can play on itself, [ The Greatcoat 's] unadorned prose builds a chilling effect reminiscent of The Turn of the Screw ."-- Prospect (UK) "Dunmore achieves a delicate balance . . . in this beautifully written tale."-- The Scotsman "Haunting and exquisitely crafted."-- Glamour "Dunmore writes with passion and precision . . . The Greatcoat is a charming character study, a poignant romance, and a fascinating period piece."-- The Daily Mail "A deceptively slight tale that catches the reader off guard, revealing the slipperiness of reality . . . The Greatcoat is a gentle tale as war stories go but exposes, all the more searingly for that, the corrosive half-life that lingers on in homes and hearts long after hostilities have ceased."-- The Sunday Herald

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