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Nothing But Grass

Nothing But Grass

by WillCohu (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

    $5.95
Synopsis

In the summer of 1875, two travellers walk south across the Lincolnshire Wolds to a village riven with dark secrets. When Norman Tanner kills his workmate on a cold February morning a century later, he thinks he's got away with murder. But Norman doesn't know about the workmate's girlfriend, or the child that will come back to haunt him; and how he is caught up in a story that stretches back to that Victorian summer. For some in the village of Southby and its nearby grand estate, man is master of his fate, and the world is full of meaning; for others there is nothing but grass.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 11 Jun 2015
ISBN 10: 0701187859
ISBN 13: 9780701187859
Book Overview: Secrets are dangerous. They can come back to bite.

Media Reviews
Gripping, absorbing and brilliantly done. As you read you are captured by a flow of people and emotions. Each era comes to life. -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
An enticing amalgam of Downtown Abbey and Wuthering Heights... Truly memorable...immensely poignant...deeply sensitive. -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
A haunting debut... Ever since John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman and especially AS Byatt's Possession, there has been a vogue for novels that alternate between the Victorian age and our own. Nothing But Grass is a cracking addition to this genre. -- David Grylls * Sunday Times *
Thrilling... combines the social engagement of David Peace with Robert Macfarlane's talent for describing the countryside in crisp, fresh language. From ghosts of the Civil War to the meaning of the miners' strike, this is a beguiling tale about a rural England where questions of power and identity are as pertinent now as they ever were. -- Max Liu * Independent *
Cohu skilfully builds a narrative that reveals the reverberations of the Victorian past - and an enduring mystery - upon the present. He subtly details his characters' feelings, and though the consequences are tragic, they prove fertile material for fine fiction. -- Anita Sethi * Mail on Sunday *
Author Bio
Will Cohu was born in Yorkshire in 1964. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1992 he freelanced as writer, editor and journalist, mostly for the Daily Telegraph. His books include Urban Dog (2001) and Out of the Woods (2007). He has been twice short-listed for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. His memoir, The Wolf Pit, was published in 2012 and shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize. He lives in Lincolnshire.