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‘A strikingly taut and intense first novel’ London Review of Books
Growing up in an isolated cottage in the hills of Cumberland, Tom knows the bitter cold of shooting expeditions with his grandfather and long evenings spent with his father and mother. But taken away from the hills to live in the small town of Thornton, Tom experiences a tumult of conflicting emotions, which he must master before he can come to terms with his identity.
‘Fine, tense writing derived not from books but from passionate observation of particular landscapes and people’ Spectator
Growing up in an isolated cottage in the hills of Cumberland, Tom knows the bitter cold of shooting expeditions with his grandfather and long evenings spent with his father and mother. But taken away from the hills to live in the small town of Thornton, Tom experiences a tumult of conflicting emotions, which he must master before he can come to terms with his identity.
‘Fine, tense writing derived not from books but from passionate observation of particular landscapes and people’ Spectator
Reviews
The impression is one of striking individuality - the sort of originality an author achieves when he has really meditated hard about his characters, loved them, watched them, and let them grow
A novel well worth returning to . . . a vivid and totally original imagination . . . tableau after tableau is spotlit into brilliant life
Fine, tense writing derived not from books but from passionate observation of particular landscapes and people
A strikingly taut and intense first novel
The impression is one of striking individuality - the sort of originality an author achieves when he has really meditated hard about his characters, loved them, watched them, and let them grow
A vivid and totally original imagination . . . tableau after tableau is spotlit into brilliant life
Fine, tense writing derived not from books but from passionate observation of particular landscapes and people