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Item Details
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PIG IRON
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| By: |
Benjamin Myers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0956687679 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780956687678 |
| Publisher: |
BLUEMOOSE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2012 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
PIG IRON is the story of a traveller who hasn't travelled: a young man fighting for his surname and his very survival |
| Synopsis: |
Returning to the post-industrial north-east of England of his upbringing, young gypsy John-John Wisdom wants to escape his past. His new job as an ice cream man should offer freedom, but the legacy of brutality left by his father, the champion bare-knuckle boxer Mac Wisdom, overshadows his life and instead pulls him into the dark recesses of a town where is family name is mud.John-John seeks solace in nature and must find an inner strength in order to escape poverty, prejudice and his violent heritage. Taking a dual narrative in which past and present intertwine towards a dramatic conclusion, Pig Iron is an unflinching and poetic portrait of contemporary Traveller culture.Set in fairgrounds, woodlands, camp sites, car parks, quarries and housing estates, it is also a homage to the beauty and diversity of the modern English landscape. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bluemoose Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2013 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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