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THE RETREAT
Benjamin Compson
ISBN 978-1-915853-94-3
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Publication: 25 JANUARY 2024
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ISBN: 9781915853943
Price: £8.99
Binding: Paperback
Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 300 pp
Illustrated: None
Thema: FH Thriller
Author location: Amsterdam
Book location: France
• A gripping psychological thriller set at an
isolated meditation retreat in deepest France.
• At first, the retreat seems idyllic, but the main
character, Max, soon becomes aware of a
feeling of unease.
• The setting is based on an actual meditation
retreat in France attended by the author, who
was inspired to write the novel following his
own mental health struggles with burnout.
Benjamin Compson is an author from Sussex, currently living in
Amsterdam. With a background in television, including work with the In the wake of burnout, mental health struggles and a
BBC and ITV, Benjamin loves to create new worlds through his painful breakup, twenty-something Max is feeling lost and
writing. Inspired by some personal experience and with an interest in seeking solace. He is persuaded by a friend to visit an
mental health issues, meditation, philosophy and human rights, isolated meditation retreat nestled in the serene French
Benjamin’s debut novel The Retreat delves into these subjects. countryside.
At first the retreat seems idyllic, but as the week unfolds,
Max’s intuition alerts him that something is not right. Why
do the staff act so strangely? Why is there a curfew? What
are the mysterious noises in the woods at night? As his stay
progresses, Max gradually uncovers the retreat’s chilling
truth – something that contradicts its façade of serenity and
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retreat’s tranquil surface before it’s too late?
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