Murray Hall

<p><b><i>'A riveting and remarkable retelling of a true story.'</i> - SARA SHERIDAN</b><br><b><i>'A very enjoyable novel, one that can give pleasure and invite speculation at the same time.'</i> - THE SCOTSMAN</b><br><b><i>'His remarkable life story has, for the first time, been pieced together from myriad contemporary newspaper reports, historical archives and contradictory anecdotes to form a stunning new novel'</i> - SUNDAY POST</b><br><br>New York, 1901. Murray Hall is dead.<br><br>A powerful politician, gambler and celebrated man about town, Hall seemed to have lived an extraordinary life. But when news of his death breaks, the papers reveal a secret he kept buried for decades, one that shocks the city and captures the world's attention.<br><br>As an ambitious young journalist races to uncover the truth, Hall's life emerges as a masterclass in reinvention, ambition and survival. From Scotland to New York's political elite, this is the story of a man who rose high by staying silent, concealing a queer past that history was determined to erase.<br><br><b>Inspired by a true story of one Scot's rise to prominence, <i>Murray Hall</i> finally brings all the puzzle pieces together to discover the secret of this extraordinary, ordinary man, which shocked New York, America and the world.</b><br><br><i>'Murray Hall does what historical fiction does best: shines a light on the past to illuminate the present..</i><i>.'</i> - ANGIE SPOTO<br><br><i>'Deeply moving and immersive, </i><i>Milo Allan's extraordinary novel is a constantly shifting, chameleon-like thing, taking in gender, queerness, and grief.'</i> - ALLY WILKES</p>