Dispossession
British Fantasy Society: Best Novel nominee (1996).
Jonathan wakes up in hospital and is told he has been involved in a car crash. He doesn't remember the last three months, and the doctors say he's only been there three days. He also doesn't remember the woman by his bedside who says she is his wife, but she has the pictures that seem to prove it.
"Dispossession by Chaz Brenchley (NEL, UK) is a fine, neatly constructed dark mystery about a man who awakens from a car crash with amnesia of the past three months of his life during which time he has acquired a new wife, a new lifestyle, and a new boss – a crime lord. As he tries to unravel the various strands of strangeness, he discovers that his life may be in danger. Much of the action is realistic and down to earth – except for the existence and participation of Luke, a fallen angel, who plays a very important part in the protagonist's fortunes." – Ellen Datlow
"Dispossession is one of those increasingly rare books that remind you just how satisfying fiction can be" – Charles de Lint, Fantasy & Science Fiction's Books to Look Out For
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Chaz Brenchley
Chaz Brenchley (born 1959) is a British writer of novels and short stories, associated with the genres of horror, crime and fantasy.
Winner of the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 1998 for Light Errant (and not, as often stated, the Outremer series), he has also published three books for children and more than 500 short stories in various genres. His time as Crimewriter-in-Residence at the St Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project in Sunderland resulted in the collection Blood Waters. Brenchley has also been writer in residence at the University of Northumbria.
Chaz Brenchley also writes under the pseudonyms of Daniel Fox and Ben Macallan.
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