"Waterland" is set against the stark backdrop of East Anglia’s Fen Country, chronicling 240 years of the narrator’s troubled family lineage. The novel threads together stories of eels and incest, ale-making and madness, evoking the inexorable flow of history entwined with a family saga steeped in tragedy and torment reminiscent of Greek myth.

In the haunting landscape of the fens, the tale spins through generations, capturing the desolation of place and the inescapable weight of the past. Waterland, with its rich evocation of people and their land, is delivered with a contemporary vitality and lyrical eloquence. It stands as a distinctive and original work, praised for its depth and narrative craft.