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WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
An unflinching portrait of contemporary Traveller culture by the award-winning author of The Gallows Pole
Pig Iron tells the story of John-John, who is desperate to escape his past. Yet, the legacy of violence left by his father, Mac Wisdom, the King of the Gypsies, looms over him. In his new role as an ice cream man, John-John seeks freedom but instead finds himself entangled in the dark underbelly of a northern town where his family name has a tarnished reputation.
As he attempts to leave behind prejudice and parole officers for the peace of the countryside, Mac's bloody downfall poses a serious threat to John-Johnβs very survival.
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Pig Iron by Benjamin Myers is lauded as a powerful and poetic reflection on the transition from agricultural to industrial life, resonating with contemporary society. Reviews praise its authentic characterisation and compelling plot, describing it as both deeply rural and capable of capturing the essence of traveller versus settled community conflicts. The novel is celebrated for its original and ferocious narrative style, with influences noted from authors like David Peace, yet maintains a unique and savage vision all its own.
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ISBN: 9781526611185
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 August 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Benjamin Myers was born in Durham in 1976. His novel The Gallows Pole received a Roger Deakin Award and won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Beastings won the Portico Prize for Literature and Pig Iron won the Gordon Burn Prize, while Richard was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. He has also published poetry, crime novels and short fiction, while his journalism has appeared in publications including, among others, the Guardian, New Statesman, Caught by the River and New Scientist. He lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire.
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