The debut novel from Verity Holloway, Pseudotooth is an adult take on 'portal fa
ntasy', boldly tackling issues of trauma responses, social difference and our co
nflicting desires for purity and acceptance. Aisling Selkirk is a young woman be
set by unexplained blackouts, pseudo-seizures that have baffled both the doctors
and her family. Sent to recuperate in the Suffolk countryside with ageing relat
ives, she seeks solace in the work of William Blake and writing her journal, fil
ling its pages with her visions of Feodor, a fiery East Londoner haunted by his
family's history back in Russia.
