Tom Benn


Oxblood

Benn, Tom | OXBLOOD


BoklivArtikelnr: 9781526639516

En berättelse om tre generationer kvinnor som konfronterar arvet av våld och sorg i ett brutalt familjedrama.

  • En stark och gripande berättelse om familj och våld.

  • Utforskar kvinnors liv i skuggan av en brutal historia.

  • Utgiven som pocket, 2023.

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REA-pris178 kr

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Grantham Books Services
ISBN: 9781526639516

Omfång: 272 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-04-13

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'Confirms Tom Benn as one of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACE, author of the RED RIDING QUARTET 'A rich archive of bygone badness ... Benn's affection for the culture of Manchester is clear in each sentence' THE TIMES 'Powerful and so beautifully written - like David Peace wrote Alan Warner's The Sopranos and so lyrical, too' HARRIET TYC

'Confirms Tom Benn as one of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACE, author of the RED RIDING QUARTET 'A rich archive of bygone badness ... Benn's affection for the culture of Manchester is clear in each sentence' THE TIMES 'Powerful and so beautifully written - like David Peace wrote Alan Warner's The Sopranos and so lyrical, too' HARRIET TYCE, Sunday Times-bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby. Matriarch Nedra presides over the household, which bustles with activity as she prepares the welcome feast for her grandson Kelly's return from prison. Her grieving daughter-in-law Carol is visited by both the welcome, intimate ghost of her murdered lover, and by Mac, an ageing criminal enforcer, a man who may just offer her a real and possible future. And then there is Jan - the teenage tearaway running as fast as she can from her mother, her grandmother, and her own unnamed baby. Over the course of a few days, the Dodds women must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break the cycle for good. A blistering portrait of a family on fire, Oxblood lays bare the horror of violence, the exile of grief, and the extraordinary power of love. 'If I read a better novel than Oxblood in 2022, it'll be a blinding year for fiction. Tom Benn, please take a bow. Everybody else, please take note' JOSEPH KNOX, author of No 1 international bestseller TRUE CRIME STORY


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Boken Oxblood utspelar sig i Wythenshawe, South Manchester, under 1985 och skildrar Dodds-familjens liv, där tre generationer av kvinnor navigerar i en tillvaro präglad av våld och sorg efter att familjens män är döda.

Oxblood utforskar teman som familjedynamik, våld, sorg, och kärlekens kraft i svåra tider, samt hur dessa kvinnor konfronterar sitt förflutna för att bryta cykeln av våld.

Oxblood är en ny pocketbok utgiven av Grantham Books Services den 13 april 2023, med ett omfång av 272 sidor, på engelska, och har ISBN 9781526639516.

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