The Young Accomplice

The Young Accomplice
Benjamin Wood
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Hardback
h222 x 138mm - 368pg
16 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780241438244
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In the summer of 1952, Joyce and Charlie Savigear are waiting on a railway platform in the quiet English countryside. The siblings have just been released from borstal to start a new life as apprentices at Leventree, an architecture practice with a difference. The architects who' ve chosen them are Florence and Arthur Mayhood, a married couple motivated to give young offenders second chances. At first, they seem to offer the Savigears a steady path to happiness. But when a menacing figure from Joyce' s past comes knocking, they are lured back to the world they left behind. Will the Mayhoods' goodwill be enough to steer their young apprentices away from danger, or will the darkness of their past catch up with them? ***PRAISE FOR BENJAMIN WOOD*** ' A novelist to watch' - The Times, on A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better ' A resounding achievement . . . Rich, beautiful and written by an author of great depth and resource' - Guardian, on The Ecliptic ' Exhilarating, earthy, cerebral, frank and unflinching . . . A masterfully paced and suspenseful read' - Independent, on The Ecliptic
Benjamin Wood is a beautiful writer and this is his best novel yet, both gripping and unputdownable. Like people in Thomas Hardy, his characters surge from the page, and the mystery unfolds with a sureness seldom seen in contemporary British fiction -- Andrew O' Hagan, author of Mayflies A novelist to watch * The Times, on A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better * A resounding achievement . . . Rich, beautiful and written by an author of great depth and resource * Guardian, on The Ecliptic * Exhilarating, earthy, cerebral, frank and unflinching . . . A masterfully paced and suspenseful read * Independent, on The Ecliptic *
Benjamin Wood' s first novel, The Bellwether Revivals, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won Le Prix du Roman Fnac. A finalist for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, his other works have been shortlisted for the Encore Award, the CWA Gold Dagger Award and the European Prize for Literature. He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at King' s College London and lives in Surrey with his wife and sons.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780241438244
Published: 16 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Viking
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 138mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 350g
Pages: 368

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