Mainlander

Mainlander
Will Smith

The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith – a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets.‘John le Carré meets 'Middlemarch’ Independent`We're on an island. Know what that means? Surrounded by water. No way off it. So he's not really missing. He's just not where he's supposed to be.'Jersey 1987.An island wrapped in secrets.A community simmering with rivalries.A marriage on the rocks.An outsider, resented by locals.A missing boy, seen on the edge of a cliff.And a Great Storm brewing.

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Fourth Estate

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First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2015

Copyright © Will Smith 2015

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‘The Boy in the Bubble’ Words by Paul Simon, Music by Paul Simon and Forere Motloheloa, Copyright © 1986 Paul Simon (BMI), International Copyright Secured, All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. ‘Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes’ Words and Music by Paul Simon, Beginning by Paul Simon and Joseph Shabalala, Copyright © 1986 Paul Simon (BMI), International Copyright Secured, All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. ‘Fame’ Words and Music by Michael Gore and Dean Pritchard © 1980, Reproduced by permission of EMI Affiliated Catalog Inc., London W1F 9LD. ‘Jigsaw’ Words and Music by Fish, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Steve Rothery © 1984, Reproduced by permission of Charisma Music Publishing Co Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W1F 9LD.

This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780007594269

Ebook Edition © February 2015 ISBN: 9780007594283

Version: 2015-12-23

Dedication (#ulink_6fe293d7-c6ff-5289-a71e-c08de2eef1a9)

For Peter.

A rock on the Rock.

Contents

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Title Page (#ucaadc6d8-f8cb-5362-a652-09845adafe2a)

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Dedication (#u63dc5dc7-7c64-5b91-b89e-851a0d1f6a11)

Chapter 1: Colin (#ubda6cce7-12b6-507f-bb40-82783750deb6)

Chapter 2: Colin (#u7d57c138-ae6a-59d5-9f0a-4ba7fa4cab86)

Chapter 3: Emma (#ue2048755-bc1d-5a18-9e7c-94e37953053f)

Chapter 4: Louise (#u57e239ce-5ef7-5cae-b119-a3b30c58a437)

Chapter 5: Rob (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 7: Rob (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9: Rob (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Barney (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: Christophe (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Emma (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Emma (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: Louise (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: Barney (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: Colin (#litres_trial_promo)