**Winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award****Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022**Oxblood shows us that there are few places literature cant take us, if the writer is brave enough, and gifted enough FRANCIS SPUFFORD'The master of northern noir' SUNDAYTIMES'Brilliant' DENISE MINA 'An absolute triumph' GUARDIAN 'Powerful and so beautifully written' HARRIET TYCE________________________________________________________________ Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchesters underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby and the ghost of a murdered lover. Over the course of a few days, Nedra, Carol and Jan must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break the cycle for good. _______________________________________________________________If I read a better novel than Oxblood in 2022, itll be a blinding year for fiction JOSEPH KNOX'A propulsive, bountiful, fearless work of art' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE 'One of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACESee more
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Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
Publication Date: 28 Apr 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781526639486
About Tom Benn
Tom Benns first novel The Doll Princess was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Portico Prize and longlisted for the CWAs John Creasey Dagger. Benns creative nonfiction has appeared in the Paris Review and he won the BFIs iWrite scheme for emerging screenwriters. His first film Real Gods Require Blood premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short Film at the BFI London Film Festival. Oxblood was awarded the 2022 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Originally from Stockport he teaches on the UEA Crime Fiction Creative Writing MA and lives in Norwich. @Tom_Benn