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Elmet
Written by Fiona Mozley
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2017
- Published by JM Originals
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Fiona Mozley’s gripping debut about life on the margins in the wilds of Yorkshire and the power - and limits - of family loyalty
They lived apart from others in the house that Daddy built for them with his bare hands. They foraged and hunted. When they were younger, Daniel and Cathy had gone to school. But they were not like the other children then, and they were even less like them now. Local men, greedy and watchful, began to circle like vultures. All the while, the terrible violence in Daddy grew.
Fiona Mozley
Fiona Mozley grew up in York and lives in Edinburgh. The setting for her debut novel – Elmet – came to her on a train journey after visiting her parents in Yorkshire
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