Border Crossing.

Penguin paperback edition of this novel which received universal acclaim in Viking hardback; "A tremendous piece of writing, sad and terrifying. It keeps you reading, exhausted and blurry-eyed until 2 a.m." "Independent On Sunday". "A brilliant stylist - Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation" "Sunday Telegraph". A TV adaptation of the book, by Jimmy McGovern, is due to be broadcast in the Spring, which will no doubt give a fillip to sales.