The Listeners : 4th Estate : 9780008445430 : 0008445435 : 09 Jun 2022 : Now a major BBC drama starring Rebecca Hall 'Starts as a little hum in your ears, ends up blowing the top off your head' EMMA DONOGHUE 'A page-turning unravelling of a family' ZOE WHITTALL 'Fans of The Power will love this addictive novel' Stylist A stunning, propulsive novel following one woman as she treads the fine lines between faith, conspiracy and mania. While lying in bed next to her husband one night, Claire Devon hears a low hum that he cannot detect. And, it seems, no one else can either. This innocuous noise begins causing Claire headaches, nosebleeds, insomnia, gradually upsetting the balance of her life, though no obvious source or medical cause can be found. When Claire discovers that a student of hers can also hear the hum, she and the boy strike up an unlikely and intimate friendship. Finding themselves increasingly isolated from their families and colleagues, they fall in with a disparate gr