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A farmhouse is being reproduced a dozen times, with slight variations, throughout a valley. Three small graves have been dug in the front garden, the middle one lying empty. A woman in a wheelchair sorts through boxes while her husband clambers around the old demolished buildings, wondering where the animals have gone. A young woman – called ‘the barren one’ behind her back – dreams of love, while an ageing headmaster contemplates the end of his life. At the entrance to the long dirt driveway, a car appears and pauses – pointed towards the house like a silver bullet, ticking with heat.

So begins The Dream House, Craig Higginson’sriveting and unforgettable novel set in the Midlands ofKwaZulu-Natal. Written with dark wit, a stark poetic style andextraordinary tenderness, this is a story about the state of anation and a deep meditation on memory, ageing, meaning, family,love and loss.

This updated 2016 edition contains new content, withCraig Higginson exploring the background to The Dream House, hisvaried experiences in a farmhouse in KwaZulu-Natal and thesubsequent and poignant motivations for this moving novel.