The Flood (novel)
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| Author | Ian Rankin |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Polygon |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 188 pp |
| ISBN | 0-948275-09-X |
The Flood is the first novel by crime writer Ian Rankin.
Plot summary
Mary Miller has always been an outcast. As a child, she fell into the hot burn - a torrent of warm chemical run-off from the local coal mine - and her hair turned white. Initially she was treated with sympathy, but all that changed a few days later, when the young man who pushed her in died in an accident.
Now many years later, Mary is a single mother caught up in a faltering affair. Her son, Sandy, has fallen in love with a strange homeless girl - and both mother and son are forced to come to terms with a dark secret from Mary's past.