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At the Helm: Decades in the making, Sarah Hall's new novel takes shape

“The more I researched all these stories, the more I thought [Helm] could be a really funny character, because wind demons were considered to be perverts in King James I’s Demonology”
Sarah Hall © Kat Green
Sarah Hall © Kat Green
The award-winning author on the mischievous protagonist of her new novel, Helm – a Cumbrian wind whose days could be numbered.

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