He survived the war. Coming home was another matter.
Liverpool, 1945.
Reuben Wakefield returns from war carrying a medal, an injured eye and the expectation that the country he fought for might finally have a place for him.
Instead, doors close.
Work is refused. Rooms disappear. Suspicion follows him through streets he once called home.
Eventually, Reuben finds himself behind the walls of The Hollows, where prejudice can be written into a ledger and cruelty given the language of treatment.
But institutions don't exist separately from the world outside them. They carry its assumptions inside.
And The Hollows has forgotten something.
The Wakefields have been here before
The Cleansing is dark historical fiction exploring race, belonging, prejudice, institutional power and what it means to return home to a country you fought for — only to discover you still have to prove you belong in it.
Paperback · Available signed directly from Adam
The Hollows should be read in order. This is Book III of V.
He survived the war. Coming home was another matter.
Liverpool, 1945.
Reuben Wakefield returns from war carrying a medal, an injured eye and the expectation that the country he fought for might finally have a place for him.
Instead, doors close.
Work is refused. Rooms disappear. Suspicion follows him through streets he once called home.
Eventually, Reuben finds himself behind the walls of The Hollows, where prejudice can be written into a ledger and cruelty given the language of treatment.
But institutions don't exist separately from the world outside them. They carry its assumptions inside.
And The Hollows has forgotten something.
The Wakefields have been here before
The Cleansing is dark historical fiction exploring race, belonging, prejudice, institutional power and what it means to return home to a country you fought for — only to discover you still have to prove you belong in it.
Paperback · Available signed directly from Adam
The Hollows should be read in order. This is Book III of V.
