Crow Court - Couverture rigide

Charman, Andy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1783529105 ISBN 13 : 9781783529100

Editeur : Unbound, 2021

Synopsis

LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021 

'Clever, elegantly constructed, utterly convincing' Daily Mail

'As gripping as Hilary Mantel and as convincing as Sarah Perry ... debut novels shouldn't be this perfectly formed' Ben Myers

'Clever, page-turning, original ... beautifully written' Jane Harris

'Exactly observed, densely textured and richly flavoured ... Crow Court is throbbing with life' Rick Gekoski

Spring, 1840. In the Dorset market town of Wimborne Minster, a young choirboy drowns himself. Soon after, the choirmaster―a belligerent man with a vicious reputation―is found murdered, in a discovery tainted as much by relief as it is by suspicion. The gaze of the magistrates falls on four local men, whose decisions will reverberate through the community for years to come.

So begins the chronicle of Crow Court, unravelling over fourteen delicately interwoven episodes, the town of Wimborne their backdrop: a young gentleman and his groom run off to join the army; a sleepwalking cordwainer wakes on his wife’s grave; desperate farmhands emigrate. We meet the composer with writer’s block; the smuggler; a troupe of actors down from London; and old Art Pugh, whose impoverished life has made him hard to amuse.

Meanwhile, justice waits…

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andy Charman was born in Dorset and grew up near Wimborne Minster, where Crow Court is set. He has had short stories published in anthologies and journals. He now lives in Surrey. He writes in the corners and the edges of the day, in evenings and mornings, and while commuting by train.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unbound
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783529105
• ISBN 13: 9781783529100
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible