The Restraint of Beasts
Written by Magnus Mills
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 1998
- Published by Flamingo
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After the twin evils of sloth and alcohol lead to a horribly botched job, three fence builders flee South in Magnus Mills’ surreal black comedy
Tam and Richie’s long-suffering foreman narrates Magnus Mills’ debut novel, which begins with a hapless trio of fence builders being exiled from Scotland to England after a particularly unsuccessful job. The result is a black comedy in which all hell constantly breaks loose, despite the narrator’s endless attempts to mitigate disaster.
Magnus Mills
Magnus Mills is the author of The Field of the Cloth of Gold and eight other novels, including The Restraint of Beasts
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