Tripfiction – does what is says on the tin

Some books are imbued with the atmosphere and character of a place. The first that springs to my mind is Graham Swift’s Waterland, a story that somehow couldn’t be told in a different location, and more recently for me Jane Rusbridge’sThe Devil’s Music was very much characterised by its seaside scenes(but not just any sea-side …)

And then the converse applies – places become defined by the books that are set there, and so we set off to visit Du Maurier’s Cornwall or Morse’s (oops, that’s Colin...