The Sensationist J. P. Martin who controls the Book of

who controls the Book of Shadows - a grimoire of spells and magic containing secrets about the dead and the living

Robert is alone

fat-rich country of Uberwald

represented by a Communist philosopher at Cambridge

Both winners of the Man Booker Prize and already hugely successful stage plays

The Sensationist J. P. Martin who controls the Book ofThis is the story of disastrous love affair, told against the background of a cold northern city. David, the self serving sensationalist of the title, is a newcomer to the city. Viewed through his cool, foreign eye the intricate daily life of the town I reduced to a series of encounters chance and sometimes fortuitous meetings with strangers David is an opportunist seducer. Isolated by the nature of the work that brought him to the city in the first