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By (author): Andrew McMillan

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'A deeply felt and rich enactment of love, loneliness and personal triumph that leaves an indelible mark on modern Queer life' OCEAN VUONG

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck. It was dangerous and back-breaking work but it meant something. Once, the town provided, it was important; it had purpose. But what is it now?

Brothers Alex and Brian have spent their whole life in the town where their father lived and his father, too. Now in his middle age and still reeling from the collapse of his personal life, Alex must reckon with a part of his identity he has long tried to conceal. His only child Simon has no memory of the mines. Now in his twenties and working in a call centre, he derives passion from his side hustle in sex work and his weekly drag gigs.

Set across three generations of South Yorkshire mining family, Andrew McMillan's magnificent debut novel is a lament for a lost way of life as well as a celebration of resilience and the possibility for change.

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Will deliver when available. Publication date 13 Feb 2025

Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Feb 2025
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781838858988

About Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry physical won the Guardian First Book Award and was awarded a Somerset Maugham Award an Eric Gregory Award the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection playtime won the inaugural Polari Prize. His third collection pandemonium was published in 2021. He co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems in 2022. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @AMcMillanPoet | andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk

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