Lee Langley

Anonymous caller: This Plague of Souls, by Mike McCormack, reviewed

A man returns to his remote rural home after an absence – to be greeted not by his family but a sinister stranger on the telephone

Mike McCormack. [Getty Images] 
issue 21 October 2023
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  • This Plague of Souls

    Mike McCormack

    Canongate, pp. 182, £16

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