The Brittle Star by Davina Langdale
A Foyles best book of 2017 'Langdale is excellent . . . The Brittle Star is a great beginning to what I hope is a long and productive career' Guardian Perfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a young man's unquenchable spirit. When his mother's ranch is attacked, sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. He's a frontiersman's son, a rancher who's lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of 1860. In a journey that will take him from the bustling young city of Los Angeles to Texas to Missouri and back, to the front lines of the American Civil War and home again, John Evert will learn the cost of vengeance and the price of forgiveness. 'Pacy, thrilling, well-plotted . . . an extraordinary debut novel' Andrew Roberts, author of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
Totally brilliant -- Dan Snow
Langdale is excellent at delineating landscapes both natural and human. . She puts it on the page with such detail and self-confidence that I believe every word -- Jane Smiley * Guardian *
Pacy, thrilling, well-plotted . . . an extraordinary debut novel -- Andrew Roberts, author of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
Langdale is excellent at delineating landscapes both natural and human. . She puts it on the page with such detail and self-confidence that I believe every word -- Jane Smiley * Guardian *
Pacy, thrilling, well-plotted . . . an extraordinary debut novel -- Andrew Roberts, author of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
Davina Langdale studied Zoology at Bristol University, and worked with 93 chimpanzees and a hippo in Northern Zambia. She returned to the UK to take a postgraduate diploma in journalism at the London College of Printing, and after a brief stint in that field she realised that fiction was her true love. The Brittle Star is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473622036 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473622034 |
| Title | The Brittle Star |
| Author | Davina Langdale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2017-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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