Trespass

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‘A compelling, wonderfully observed study of families and the histories from which they evolve … a strikingly resonant and emotive novel’ TIME OUT

‘Serene echoes of Ian McEwan’s SATURDAY’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Mesmerizing … a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean … Trespass revels in truth’ WASHINGTON POST

Toby and Salome are a young, modern couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is a middle-class all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans.

When Salome unexpectedly becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and hastily marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families and pasts proves a difficult task. Toby’s mother’s deep-seated mistrust of Salome causes tension, leaving her unable to accept her new daughter-in-law. But Salome’ s past, full of dangerous secrets, is more horrifying than any of them could imagine – and the violence that destroyed her homeland is far from over…

Reviews

This clever, complex and emotionally rich novel is written in simple but dense prose that is always readable
TLS
A wickedly diverting novel about the storm-driven erosion of Fortress America
LA TIMES
Mesmerizing ... a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean ... Trespass revels in truth
WASHINGTON POST
Strung with measured menace
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
An absorbing, if at times unsettling, look at the way violence can creep unannounced into your life at any time
DAILY MAIL
This lucid, beautifully written novel explores ideas of territory and ownership to great effect
DAILY TELEGRAPH
An absorbing, if at times unsettling, look at the way violence can creep unannounced into your life at any time
DAILY MAIL
A powerful, unsettling novel that lingers long in the memory
THE GLOSS
Brilliant and seductive
PEOPLE
Resonant and rewarding
SUNDAY TIMES
This lucid, beautifully written novel explores ideas of territory and ownership to great effect
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A masterly tale of transgression, acceptance, diplomacy, war, class conflict, love, forgiveness and jealousy ... the journey is provocative and exhilarating
THE TIMES
A compelling, wonderfully observed study of families and the histories from which they evolve ... a strikingly resonant and emotive novel
TIME OUT
Valerie Martin writes beautifully and this novel is often moving and heartfelt
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
TRESPASS is a beautifully constructed, richly textured and elegantly written novel
DAILY TELEGRAPH
resonant and rewarding
SUNDAY TIMES
Valerie Martin elegantly combines the menace of physical, emotional and ethical trespass in this penetrating novel, whose serene echoes of Ian McEwan's SATURDAY are punctured by visceral dispatches from the Balkans war
FINANCIAL TIMES
TRESPASS is exquisitely balanced between a family story and a novel of ideas.
THE SCOTSMAN
Among the recent novels that tackle contemporary events, TRESPASS is one of the best. The novel's gradual, teasing revelations will make you want to read it in one sitting
THE BIG ISSUE