![]() Weeks later, he’s still wracked with guilt about that. What follows may not justify a 500-page psychological thriller.įirst, Toby uses his PR skills to cover up an art fraud committed by one of his colleagues at the gallery. Toby and his girlfriend Melissa are very much in love. He’s 28 and works in PR and marketing for a struggling art gallery in Dublin. The protagonist and narrator of The Witch Elm is Toby Hennessy. ![]() This particular elm tree is a rare survivor of Dutch elm disease. It’s just a large, 200-year-old tree in the backyard garden of the Ivy House, where most of the action takes place in this novel. The eponymous witch elm, or in the traditional spelling as it is in the text, wych elm, has nothing to do with witches. Now, just in case you’re looking for a story about witches and goblins, back off. A speed-reader might have better luck than I did. The problem is it takes such a long time to get there. The story is reasonably interesting, and the ending surprising. Tana French is an elegant stylist, and her command of human psychology is impressive. The Witch Elm is a 500-page psychological thriller that should have been limited to 300 pages. ![]()
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