Dimensions
136 x 217 x 22mm
During the hazy Newcastle summer, Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death in the painful days before his own. Meanwhile, Nick and his pregnant wife Fran are failing to keep the peace in their increasingly fractious home. In an attempt to unite the family, Fran organises the children into decorating the living room. Gradually, as the old wallpaper is peeled away, a vigorous and obscene drawing of an Edwardian family is uncovered. The portrait is an exercise in hate: it reveals the history of their home and casts a terrifying shadow over the family. As events in his home unfold, Nick begins to learn his grandfather's buried secrets, and comes to understand the power of old wounds to leak into the present.
