Beyond Black

By Hilary Mantel,

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1 author picked Beyond Black as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The title isn’t kidding. This story—of a psychic thronged by the ghosts of the loathsome men who abused her in childhood—is one of the darkest books I’ve ever read.

I also found it incredibly funny, though the humor is black as ink. I love how, in its perverse way, is also becomes a story about recovering hope after profound trauma: one of the major themes in my own books.

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