Inside the Bone Box by Anthony Ferner

Inside the Bone Box

A toxic marriage has consequences for everyone.

Nicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful façade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. His wife, meanwhile, has turned to drink.

There are sniggers behind closed doors – how can a surgeon be fat? When mistakes are made and his old adversary Nash steps in to take advantage, Anderton knows that things are coming to a head…

Paperback

Published: 11/07/2018

ISBN: 9781912054541

Length: 172pp

Price: £7.99

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‘Very accurate’ —Nick Thomas FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (SN), Consultant Neurosurgeon

‘[I] loved Inside the Bone Box – the visual imagery is excellent, and as a radiographer before bookselling I really appreciated the fine details of neurosurgery’ —Georgia Duffy, owner of Imagined Things bookshop, Harrogate

‘This slim novel asks some big questions, with compassion, wry humour and elegant, understated prose’ —Kate Vane, crime novelist

‘[Ferner] can give you a strong picture of a character in just a sentence or two of elegant prose, combining precision with just the right amount of ornamentation. Predicated on questions of identity and the loss thereof […] Inside the Bone Box is a little book that packs a punch far greater than its size’ —The Idle Woman, book blogger

‘Ferner presents an intimate portrait of a husband and wife, and the ways in which their relationship has shifted since the beginning of their marriage. I found Inside the Bone Box incredibly well written, and wholly absorbing’ —Kirsty, book blogger at The Literary Sisters