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Josh Lawton
Hodder & Stoughton
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Description for Josh Lawton
Paperback. An enchanting love story and a portrayal of innocence brutally curtailed Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 121 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
'With this novel, Melvyn Bragg has established his place in English letters to the extent that his Cumbria is as potent a literary region as Hardy's Wessex, Lawrence's Midlands and Housman's Shropshire' New Statesman
At once a love story and a portrayal of innocence brutally curtailed, Josh Lawton charts the rites of passage of a young Cumbrian farm worker and keen fell runner - an exceptionally good man whose very integrity proves his undoing.
'Every scene is clear, every character immediately recognisable . . . brilliant' Daily Telegraph
'The book is exciting . . . a pleasure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340494806
SKU
V9780340494806
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Hodder & Stoughton
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen ... Read more
Reviews for Josh Lawton
Every scene is clear, every character immediately recognisable . . . brilliant
Daily Telegraph
The book is exciting . . . a pleasure to be remembered
Financial Times
It has the lilt and inevitability of an old ballad . . . [He] skilfully portrays the friendships and antagonisms in rural Cumberland, a territory he has staked ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
The book is exciting . . . a pleasure to be remembered
Financial Times
It has the lilt and inevitability of an old ballad . . . [He] skilfully portrays the friendships and antagonisms in rural Cumberland, a territory he has staked ... Read more