Press and reviews

“The Garden is both a horror story and a meditation on love at the end of the world. It’s a testament to Newman’s extraordinary gifts that its creeping dread never overwhelms its tenderness.”

Emerald Fennell, director of Saltburn and Promising Young Woman

“[An] intriguing mix of psychological mystery and dystopian gothic.”

Guardian

“Part fable, part literary thriller, wholly unmoored from genre convention, The Garden may be the elusive inheritor to the weirdness of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi.”

Vulture

“[A] climate-change horror story, reminiscent of John Wyndham…absolutely exquisite writing.”

Daily Mail

In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know…

The Garden is Nick Newman’s debut novel. You can find out more and buy the book by clicking on the covers right here.