My Name is Yip

My Name is Yip
Paddy Crewe
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 384pg
5 May 2022 UK
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9780857527929
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A brilliantly original voice-driven debut about defying expectations, set in the Georgia Gold Rush. It is 1815 in the small town of Heron' s Creek, Georgia, when Yip Tolroy - mute, medical anomaly & social outcast - is born. His father has disappeared in mysterious circumstances, so he is raised by his mother- a powerful, troubled, independent woman who owns and runs a general store. She struggles to manage his needs, leaving Yip to find the means of asserting himself in an unforgiving, hostile environment. With the help of a retired doctor, he begins to transform his life by learning to read and write, his portal into the community a piece of slate and a supply of chalk. And then at the age of 15, Yip' s life is altered irrevocably. In the space of a few days he witnesses the discovery of gold, meets his faithful friend and comrade Dud Carter, and commits a grievous crime. Thrust unwittingly into a world of violence and sin, Yip and Dud are forced to leave town and embark on an odyssey that will introduce them to the wonder and horror of the American frontier until the revelation of a secret means they must return to Heron' s Creek and the fate that awaits them.
Mute but eloquent, Yip comes thrillingly into our midst to unfurl his singular and singing book of revelations. Murder, gold, lost fathers. . . Paddy Crewe has a 24-carat gift * Sebastian Barry * Yip Tolroy may be mute, but his voice soars off the page in Paddy Crewe' s terrific debut novel. Both an entertaining tale of gold, murder and the impulse for revenge, and a tender coming-of-age story amidst the lawlessness of the American frontier. * Paul Howarth, author of Only Killers and Thieves *
Paddy Crewe was born in Middlesborough in 1991. He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London. My Name Is Yip is his first novel.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780857527929
Published: 5 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 350g
Pages: 384

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