Jesse Ball, author of The Way Through Doors and Samedi the Deafness , returns with this tender, spellbinding novel of a father and
daughter living in a city ruled by fear.

William and Molly lead a life of small pleasures: riddles at the kitchen table, games of string and orange peels. All around them the city rages with war. When the uprising began, William’s wife was taken, leaving him alone with their young daughter. They keep their heads down as police patrol the streets. But when an old friend seeks out William, claiming to know what happened to his wife, William risks everything. He ventures out after dark, and Molly is left to play, reconstructing his dangerous voyage, his past, and their
future. An astounding portrait of fierce love within a world of random violence, The Curfew is a mesmerizing feat of literary imagination.


From the Trade Paperback edition.