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The Hoarder is a mysterious novel of superb characterisation, excellent wit and deceptive wordplay. Maud Drennan, a psychic carer faces the task of helping the cantakerous Cathal Flood clear out his grand home in West London. Flood has scared off past carers and lives with a menagerie of cats, a fox, endless jumble and a few ghosts of the past. Soon Maud finds herseld trying to uncover the mystery surrounding the house and its inhabitants, aided only by her agoraphobic landlady Renata and a legion on unhelpful ghostly saints.
- Kate Menday