Midland

Midland

by JamesFlint (Author), JamesFlint (Author)

Synopsis

On his way back from a meeting one day, investment banker Alex Wold finds himself standing up to his waist in the Thames, trying to guide a lost bottlenose whale back out to the sea. Later, as he's drying out his suit and shoes, the news comes through that Tony Nolan - his mother's ex-husband - has died of a sudden heart attack.

Alex wonders if the universe is urging him to resolve a long-running feud with his environmentalist brother Matthew, and with the Wolds and the Nolans all heading back to Warwickshire for Tony's funeral he now has an opportunity to do just that. But he finds Matthew as angry as ever, unable to relinquish his obsession with Caitlin, Tony's troubled daughter, whose actions force both families to take an uncomfortable journey into the past.

In Midland, the acclaimed novelist James Flint carries out a devastating exploration of what binds families together, and what tears them apart.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 24 Jan 2019

ISBN 10: 1783525959
ISBN 13: 9781783525959
Book Overview: A tale of two families torn apart by the hidden debts of love, from the award-winning novelist James Flint

Author Bio
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1968, James Flint is the internationally acclaimed author of three novels: Habitus (1998), 52 Ways to Magic America (2000) and The Book of Ash (2008). In 2002, his short story `The Nuclear Train' was adapted for Channel 4, while his journalism has appeared in The Times, the Guardian and Dazed & Confused among many others. From 2009 to 2012 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Telegraph's weekly world edition, and he is currently CEO of the health communications start-up Hospify.