This is an incredibly powerful, sad story. It all stokes a sense of ominousness that makes the denouement not a bit less shocking.-Hephzibah Anderson "The Daily Mail " Warnings are emitted, too - by Futh's anxious aunt and an intense man he meets on the ferry. It's title becomes a recurring motif, from the Morse code torch flashes of Futh's boyhood to the lighthouse-shaped silver perfume case that he carries in his pocket, history filling the void left by its missing vial of scent. People and places are intricately evoked with a forensic feel for mood. Though sparely told, the novel's simple-seeming narrative has the density of far longer work. Don't mistake The Lighthouse for an underdog, though. After all, it's a slender debut released by a tiny independent publisher. No surprise that this quietly startling novel won column inches when it landed on the Man Booker Prize longlist. This is powerful writing likely to shine in your memory for a long time.-Emily Cleaver "LITRO Magazine " It is this accumulation of the quotidian, in prose as tight as Magnus Mills's, which lends Moore's book its standout nature, and brings the novel to its ambiguous, thrilling end.-Philip Womack "The Telegraph " A haunting and accomplished novel.-Katy Guest "The Independent on Sunday "
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