Strange Meeting
Aug 2025 · Random House
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Susan Hill's classic novel Strange Meeting tells of the power of love amidst atrocities.
'He was afraid to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep . . .'
Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle. As the pair approach the front line, to the proximity of death and destruction, their strange friendship deepens. But each knows that soon they will be separated . . .
'A remarkable feat of imaginative and descriptive writing' The Times
'The feeling of men under appalling stress at a particular moment in history is communicated with almost uncanny power' Sunday Times
'Truly Astonishing' Daily Telegraph
'He was afraid to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep . . .'
Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle. As the pair approach the front line, to the proximity of death and destruction, their strange friendship deepens. But each knows that soon they will be separated . . .
'A remarkable feat of imaginative and descriptive writing' The Times
'The feeling of men under appalling stress at a particular moment in history is communicated with almost uncanny power' Sunday Times
'Truly Astonishing' Daily Telegraph
About the author
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service of Clouds,The Various Haunts of Men, The Pure in Heart, The Rise of Darkness, The Beacon, The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand. She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.
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