Forgetting Zoe
  • Published: 15 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099537632
  • Imprint: Windmill Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $22.99

Forgetting Zoe

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11 May 2011
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15 Jun 2011
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A moving and powerful novel from the author of the much-acclaimed Electricity

Zoë Nielsen was just like any other ten-year-old walking to school, not knowing that a chance encounter with Thurman Hayes would lead to her abduction and imprisonment in a converted nuclear bunker, 4,000 miles away, beneath a remote ranch house in Arizona. Enslaved in her underground tomb, deprived of food and light and water, the girl Zoe once was steadily begins to disappear... But over time Thurman grows tired of the rapidly maturing Zoë, and when he decides it is time to get rid of her, Zoë must finally make her bid for freedom.

Forgetting Zoë is a moving, epic tale of courage, survival, horror and loss, that explores how a bond of affection and intimacy can develop between captive and captor.
  • Published: 15 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099537632
  • Imprint: Windmill Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Ray Robinson

Ray Robinson, an award-winning short-story writer, novelist and screenwriter, first won attention in 2006 with his debut novel, Electricity, which was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors’ Club First Novel Award. The film adaptation of Electricity, starring Agyness Deyn, will be released in 2014. Robinson’s other novels are The Man Without (2008) and Forgetting Zoë (2010). Forgetting Zoë was selected for the inaugural Fiction Uncovered promotion and was the Observer’s Thriller of the Month. Robinson was hailed as ‘among the most impressive voices of Britain’s younger generation’ by the Irish Times. He is a post-graduate of Lancaster University, where he was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing in 2006, and is a Literary Mentor and Reader for the Literary Consultancy. He has appeared at literary festivals around the world, including La Feria International del Libro de Guadalajara, Mexico, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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Praise for Forgetting Zoe

I read Forgetting Zoë with great pleasure, admiration, and envy. What a writer. The characters are so sharply drawn they're etched into the page... Captivating. A great storytelling achievement.

Tim Pears

A convincing portrait of how childhood brutality is passed down the generations...Direct in its depiction of abuse, Forgetting Zoë is never less than psychologically acute.

Financial Times

Stockholm syndrome is a curious but understandable condition, intelligently and vividly explored by Ray Robinson...Ray Robinson is a writer with keen observation. His prose is hard, abrupt and sinewy...It is a novel that contains violence but also stillness, that reveals more than it makes explicit...A mature and accomplished work.

Allan Massie, The Scotsman

Very provocative...Powerfully done.

Tom Sutcliffe, Saturday Review, Radio 4

Terribly convincing...The ventriloquism is very skilled.

Kevin Jackson, Saturday Review, Radio 4

The language is fantastic.

Tom Dyckhoff, Saturday Review, Radio 4

Has a thriller-like pace.

Linda Grant, Saturday Review, Radio 4