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The Blind Light

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Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2021

The Blind Light reads like a British Don DeLillo, telling the social history of Britain through two generations of a family.’ – Alex Preston, Observer

‘A powerful and affecting novel’ – Jim Crace, author of Harvest

In the late 1950s, during his National Service, Drummond meets the two people who will change his life: Carter, a rich, educated young man sent down from Oxford; and Gwen, a barmaid with whom he feels an instant connection. His feelings for both will be tested at a military base known as Doom Town ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781529030976
SKU
9781529030976
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-6

About Stuart Evers
Stuart Evers’ debut, Ten Stories About Smoking, won the London Book Award in 2011; his highly acclaimed novel, If This is Home, followed in 2012 and his collection Your Father Sends His Love, was shortlisted for the 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize. In 2017, Evers won the Eccles British Library Writer’s Award – one of Europe’s richest prizes for ... Read more

Reviews for The Blind Light
From the cold war era to the war on terror, the corrosive effects of fear are closely observed in this portrait of a friendship over six decades . . . At its heart, the novel is a thoughtful and powerful study of the corrosive effects of fear, the damage we do to ourselves and our loved ones when danger is ... Read more

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