Set
against the backdrop of civil
tension in 1960’s
America
and treading a similar path to
The Shawshank Redemption,
Candlemoth will have you gripped
from start to finish.
Nathan
Verney and Daniel Ford become
best friends in a time of great
change and their loyalties are
tested over time as they journey
into adulthood together.
Their story is recounted by
Daniel to Father John Rousseau
(has apparently been appointed
to be Daniels spiritual advisor
as his execution date for the
murder of Nathan creeps closer.)
Beginning with his first meeting
with Nathan, aged six, on the
shores of a lake in 1952,
through first loves,
Vietnam
, the death of Kennedy and
finally their flight from the
draft which ends in Nathan's
brutal murder.
A
story of great impact, so good
in fact that you want to skip to
the end to find out what
happens.
With
his first published novel Roger
Jon Ellory builds the
relationships within this book
so realistically that you can
almost feel the affection and
loyalty that Daniel and Nathan
felt for each other.
