World Book Day: 8 books that are set in Cumbria
All Quiet on the Orient Express, Magnus Mills This is the second novel by the Booker shortlisted author, Magnus Mills. It’s described as a ‘tragi-comedy’ that features an unnamed narrator who is dealing with increasingly sinister and unnerving situations. The surreal novel is set in the Lake District and focuses on a lone camper who is enjoying the solitude of his surroundings before embarking on a trip to the East. But then the owner of the campsite asks him to paint a fence and he innocently obliges- unaware of the path that this will take him down. Synopsis: As the ...