A mesmerising portrait of a young man confined in by his class and the ghosts of his family’s past, dreaming of artistic fulfilment. It confirms Benjamin Wood as an exceptional talent in British literature.
‘One of the finest British novelists of his generation’ Times
‘A huge talent’ Hilary Mantel
‘Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written’ Douglas Stuart
Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He ris…
