Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2010.
The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for a first novel written in English and published in the UK. Worth £10,000 to the winner, the prize is named after the literary agent and publisher, Desmond Elliott. Click here to find out more.
An ordinary man, nearing retirement, finds a random act of violence against him starts to unravel a sequence of events that could shatter the well ordered structure of his life so far. An interesting and thoughtful debut.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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