A Country Road, A Tree

Skilful … daring … an extraordinary story

* The Guardian *[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre * The Times *A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett’s wartime years * IAN RANKIN *Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good * Daily Mail *vivid and well-wrought * Times Literary Supplement *Insightful … beautifully paced … authentic * The Irish Times *In this worthy successor to Longbourn, she [Baker] skillfully captures Beckett’s world, the rhythms of his bare-bones prose, and the edginess of his point of view. * Publishers Weekly *Taking its title from Beckett’s most famous play, Waiting for Godot, Baker’s historical drama deftly explores the psyche of one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century. * Booklist *Perfectly captures the deprivation, despair and constant creeping fear of an occupied people. * Red Magazine Must-Read of the Month *This exquisitely crafted novel re-creates the World War II peregrinations of Samuel Beckett and the volatile Frenchwoman who became his life’s companion * Oprah Magazine *