A Division of the Light - Hardcover

'A masterful novel' Melvyn Bragg. (Melvyn Bragg)

''a moral fable for our time, sharp in its analysis of our failure of emotions and our diffidence and self-serving ... a novel of lasting importance' Carlisle News and Star. (Carlisle News and Star)

'A peculiar, brilliant novel; the ending is extraordinary' Saga.

'As a work of art this novel is stylish and confidently framed - a compelling composition' Writer's Hub.

(Writer's Hub)

'A strange, brilliant work' Kazuo Ishiguro. (Kazuo Ishiguro)

'An enigmatic novel that transports the reader somewhere unexpected' New Books Magazine. (New Books Magazine)

'an extra layer of deviousness' DJ Taylor, Independent.

'intriguing' Big Issue.

'If I was a Booker judge, I'd put this on the longlist' Farm Lane Books.

(Farm Lane Books)

'Burns captures the photographer's obsession with form and light quite brilliantly and the story gets appealingly strange and dark ... technically it's a very fine piece of writing' Bookbag. (Bookbag)

'Burns' description of the intricate and delicate sword play of seduction is suspenseful and compelling' Red Online. (Red Online)

Engrossing, dense and unsettling, Burns's quiet horror is ingenious' Monocle magazine. (Monocle magazine)

It is unusual to see characters in such a clear, unrelenting light, with no airbrushing, and the casual cruelty of human relationships, is artfully and unflinchingly depicted' TLS. (TLS)

It begins on a quiet city street. A young woman is robbed, with the crime witnessed by a man holding a camera. In the aftermath, victim and voyeur meet. It ends six months later, by which point both their lives - and the way they choose to live them - have changed irrevocably. This is the story of what happened in between.