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The Hummingbird and the Bear

Sam Taylor knows he should be content with his life. A high-flying career in the city and a beautiful fiancée, his lot is better than most. But he can’t help but feel something is missing.

When Sam meets enigmatic American Kay at a Cotswolds wedding as he holds out his umbrella for her in the pouring rain, he believes he has found someone who completes him. Throwing caution to the wind, Sam decides to risk everything and pursue Kay across the Atlantic to her native New York and the home she shares with her husband, Chris. Nicholas Hogg’s novel is a taut and highly charged story of passion and adultery.

Set against the backdrop of the financial crisis, The Hummingbird and the Bear follows a powerful and illicit love from England to New York, from the known to the unknown. Both shocking and delightful, it confirms Hogg’s position among the finest of today’s young writers.

Reviews:

'A beautiful read.' Ian McMillan

'Nicholas Hogg comes across the pond to show us another side of our selves. With an eye for the American absurd, Hogg tells us how we love now — impulsively, rootlessly, never far from violence.' Rachel Klein, author of The Moth Diaries

'From the opening page I was drawn into this fast and furious story. The description of American life is wonderfully authentic, and the dangerous and illicit nature of Sam and Kay s relationship helps to build the tension in a way that keeps you turning the pages.' New Books Magazine

'The Hummingbird and the Bear is a timely and moving examination of passionate love, set against the backdrop of the financial crisis. Personal lives implode alongside balance sheets as the action moves from the safe green hills of the Home Counties to the badlands of the US-Mexico border.' Sophie Cooke

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781849016476
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2011