A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth.
A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down – that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation serves to betray both sense and the senses.
The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective’s quest. As she enters a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of capitalism – accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty – the lessons of her journey unfold: that sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2019
Publisher: And Other Stories
Pages: 128
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1911508687
ISBN 13:9781911508687