In the Forest

Edna OBrien

£9.99

The spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown. Michael O’Kane is known as the ‘Kinderschrek’, the ‘child scarer’. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.

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Publish Date: 12/02/2026

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The spruces are so close together that the barks are a sable-brown.
Michael O’Kane is known as the ‘Kinderschrek’, the ‘child scarer’. He haunts Cloosh Wood in western Ireland. As a boy he lost his mother and by the age of ten he was in prison. Now he seeks sacrificial victims to satisfy his delusional fantasies: a beautiful young mother, her infant son and a trusting priest, who are enticed into the forest.

Inspired by a real triple homicide, this novel is a ‘tour de force of finely restrained fury’ (Newsday).

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Dimensions 198 × 129 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K