A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURN SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2017 'Skilful .Skilful. . daring . . . an extraordinary story
* The Guardian *[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre * The Times *
A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years * IAN RANKIN *
Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good * Daily Mail *
vivid and well-wrought * Times Literary Supplement *
JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her latest novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552779524 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552779520 |
| Title | A Country Road, A Tree |
| Author | Jo Baker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017 |
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