A haunting second novel from the acclaimed author of The Nudist Colony.

Little remains of the glamour of Setton, once the North East's premier resort. The Spanish City is boarded up; its famous rollercoaster turning rapidly to rust. Only in Moscadini's ice-cream parlour, with its glowing mural of an arcadian coastline, is there a hint of former glory. It is here that world-weary teacher Hal Price is brought by his teenage kidnappers to meet a ghost. As Hal relives the memories of his dancing days, he tells the boys a story '“ of wartime dreams and peacetime disappointments, of love, betrayal, death and resurrection.