THE BLUE MASK

'A novel of considerable power, its gritty drama of damage and disillusion well served by a hard-edged and often vigorously compelling prose style… an undeniably dark novel, yet its explorations move us towards a clearer view of the unsettling world we inhabit.'– Guardian'A poet of misfits, outsiders and the forsaken, his empathy for their suffering ever poignant.'– Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual'The reader of a Lane story can never escape the feeling of being located squarely in banal realit