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Reservoir 13

Reservoir 13

Written by Jon McGregor

Longlisted
The Man Booker Prize 2017
Published by 4th Estate

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In an extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Jon McGregor tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss

Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The search for the missing girl goes on. But so does everyday life. Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger’s tragedy refuse to subside.

Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor, aged 26, became the Booker Prize’s youngest nominee when his first novel was longlisted. His second and fourth novels would also go on to be nominated
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