Pity by Andrew Mcmillan

Pity by Andrew Mcmillan

The debut novel from award-winning poet Andrew McMillan exploring community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England

Tender and trueIt explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us -- DOUGLAS STUART
The poet's deft first novel conveys the personal and political pain felt by three generations in his home town . . . This is not a novel specifically about the strike and its outcome, although its embittered legacy is skilfully threaded through its pages . . . the narrative is impressively ambitious . . . a novel of huge compassion * * Guardian * *
A deeply felt and rich enactment of love, loneliness and personal triumph that leaves an indelible mark on modern Queer life. With the poet's precision and capacious resistance to resolution, wherein doubt is transformed into force, McMillan's first foray into fiction is a magical one -- OCEAN VUONG
McMillan proves himself a gifted storyteller -- JACKIE KAY * * The Times * *
We already knew that Andrew McMillan could turn a phrase. With his debut novel, he also shows us a rare gift for storytelling. Pity digs deep into the heart and history of South Yorkshire and brings out the black gold of love, longing and loss. A triumph -- JON McGREGOR
Pity pays a great poet's tough but tender attention to the unspoken layers and historic fissures which lie beneath the wounded town of the self. This beautiful book about the marks that are left on people and places in turn leaves a deep empathic mark on the reader -- MAX PORTER
A magnificent kaleidoscope of a novel: sad, wise, enlightening and empathetic * * Independent * *
An astonishingly good book . . . I know already Pity will be one of my books for 2024. It's that good -- VAL McDERMID
As befits the work of an award-winning poet, not a word is wasted in Pity, Andrew McMillan's slim, spare, sparkling story about three generations of men in a Barnsley mining family . . . uplifting and mournful, full of hope and regret * * Financial Times * *
Pity is as tough, glittering and multilayered as the coal upon which it rests. With lyrical prose and deep tenderness, Andrew McMillan beautifully explores the complex hauntings of love and grief across generations -- LIZ BERRY

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, won the Guardian First Book Award, and was awarded a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. His third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021. He co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems in 2022. He is Professor of Contemporary Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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ISBN 13	9781838858988
ISBN 10	1838858989
Title	Pity
Author	Andrew Mcmillan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2025-02-13
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Long-listed for Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 (UK)
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