The Tell-tale Heart
The Tell-tale Heart by Jill Dawson is a First Edition published by Sceptre in 2014, featuring 244 pages in English. This novel follows Patrick, a fifty-year-old professor grappling with his mortality after being diagnosed with six months to live. His life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a heart transplant from a teenager who died in a motorcycle accident, intertwining the fates of two strangers in a rural part of Cambridgeshire.
As Patrick recovers, he becomes increasingly fascinated by the story of his donor and the life that was lost. This exploration leads him to question his own identity and the impact of the past on his present. The Tell-tale Heart delves into themes of connection and the forces that shape our lives, offering readers a rich narrative that intertwines elements of fiction and literary exploration.
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Patrick, a fifty-year-old professor, drinker and womaniser, has been given six months to live. In a rural part of Cambridgeshire, a teenager dies in a motorcycle accident. When his heart is transplanted into Patrick’s chest, the lives of two strangers are forever conjoined.
Patrick makes a good recovery, but has the odd feeling that his old life ‘won’t have him’. Patrick becomes bewitched by the story of his heart, ever more curious about the boy who donated it, his ancestors, the countryside he grew up in. What exactly has Patrick been given?
The Tell-Tale Heart is a mesmerising, atmospheric novel by one of our most critically acclaimed contemporary writers – a novelist whose beguiling and mysterious stories intrigue and delight while exploring important questions of who we are and the forces that shape us. This is Jill Dawson at the height of her powers.
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