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Elmet

By: Fiona Mozley
Narrated by: Gareth Bennett-Ryan
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

An atmospheric and thrilling debut set in Yorkshire - perfect for fans of The Loney and The Essex Serpent. Fresh and distinctive writing from an exciting new voice in fiction, Elmet is an unforgettable novel about family as well as a beautiful meditation on landscape.

Daniel is heading north. He is looking for someone. The simplicity of his early life with Daddy and Cathy has turned sour and fearful. They lived apart in the house that Daddy built for them with his bare hands. They foraged and hunted. When they were younger, Daniel and Cathy had gone to school. But they were not like the other children then, and they were even less like them now.

Sometimes Daddy disappeared and would return with a rage in his eyes. But when he was at home, he was at peace. He told them that the little copse in Elmet was theirs alone. But that wasn't true. Local men, greedy and watchful, began to circle like vultures. All the while, the terrible violence in Daddy grew.

Atmospheric and unsettling, Elmet is a lyrical commentary on contemporary society and one family's precarious place in it as well as an exploration of how deep the bond between father and child can go.

2018, Somerset Maugham Awards, Winner

2018, The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, Short-listed

2018, Polari Prize, Winner

2018, International Dublin Literary Award, Long-listed

2017, The Man Booker Prize, Short-listed

2018, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, Short-listed

2018, Dylan Thomas Prize, Long-listed

2018, Women's Prize for Fiction, Long-listed

©2017 Fiona Mozley (P)2017 John Murray Press
Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction

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An amazingly brilliant debut novel . . . and a work of extraordinary Yorkshire grit . . . exquisite (Jenni Murray)
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A very good, subtle performance of an excellent novel. Still reeling at the ending. Even all the foreshadowing didn’t guess that it would end like that.

Brilliant

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This book will challenge your conception of justice, class, love and family. The author use first person narrstive effectively to weave an enthralling tale

Compelling story very well written and Narrated

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