Mercia'S Take
Author: Daniel Wiles
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 208
1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, sohe won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save hisown life, and Luke's.But his workmate has other ideas... 'Read this novel and marvel at its language, dark and gleaming as obsidian...A striking debut' - Paul Lynch 'Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; DanielWiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried, the history wechoose to ignore' - Hilary Mantel
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 208
1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, sohe won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save hisown life, and Luke's.But his workmate has other ideas... 'Read this novel and marvel at its language, dark and gleaming as obsidian...A striking debut' - Paul Lynch 'Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; DanielWiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried, the history wechoose to ignore' - Hilary Mantel
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Author: Daniel Wiles
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 208
1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, sohe won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save hisown life, and Luke's.But his workmate has other ideas... 'Read this novel and marvel at its language, dark and gleaming as obsidian...A striking debut' - Paul Lynch 'Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; DanielWiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried, the history wechoose to ignore' - Hilary Mantel
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 208
1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, sohe won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save hisown life, and Luke's.But his workmate has other ideas... 'Read this novel and marvel at its language, dark and gleaming as obsidian...A striking debut' - Paul Lynch 'Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; DanielWiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried, the history wechoose to ignore' - Hilary Mantel
Mercia'S Take