An Hour in the Darkness

This is about that time I hurt my head and my life slid away from me for a while.
I went off on my own and tried to find myself or something. I don’t know.
Anyway, I met this girl called Ronnie and sort of fell in love with her. You know how it is?
I was crazy, I admit it, but you can still fall in love when you’re crazy can’t you?

Franklin is increasingly losing touch with reality when, against the backdrop of Leicester landmark 'Old John', he meets a man he believes to be God. This stranger tells of his own son who had similar problems and in his increasing confusion Franklin believes the man is likening him to Jesus. As Franklin’s life spirals further out of control his behaviour becomes ever more erratic, culminating in his touching, frightening and often comical attempts to win the affections of market-girl Ronnie, who is fascinated and frightened in turn by this strange, funny, ill young man.

Dealing with such universal themes as loss, love, guilt, forgiveness, relationships and mental health, this is an unsettling, but powerful, novel which will appeal to readers of books such as The Shock of the Fall.