Elmet

Elmet

By Fiona Mozley
$29.99
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“The dialect of northern England is a defining element in Fiona Mozley’s kicker of a first novel…Narrator Joe Jameson gives just enough of that sound to draw the listener into her strange and savage landscape…In an unforgettable match of voice and text, Jameson creates a distinctively accented and nuanced world that is equal and counterpart to Mozley’s unique literary achievement. This memorable match of voice and text is a double pleasure and a work of suspense unlike anything you’ve heard before. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

A Man Booker Prize Finalist

A London Guardian Best Book of the Year selection

A People Pick of the Week

An Amazon Best Book of the Month

In this atmospheric and profoundly moving debut, Cathy and Daniel live with their father, John, in the remote woods of Yorkshire, in a house the three of them built themselves. John is a gentle brute of a man, a former enforcer who fights for money when he has to, but who otherwise just wants to be left alone to raise his children. When a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, their precarious existence is threatened, and a series of actions is set in motion that can only end in violence. Steeped in the natural world of northern England, this is a lyrical commentary on the bonds of siblings and fatherhood, and on the meaning of community in the modern world. Elmet marks the launch of a major new voice in literary fiction.