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by Anthony Cartwright (Author) "The bag of flesh and blood was slippery in his gloved hands ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 244 pages
  • Publisher: Tindal Street Press (1 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954130367
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954130367
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 245,388 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"No doubt about it. Anthony Cartwright can certainly write. This is a painfully honest and accomplished first novel, a grimly realistic account of a working-class Black Country family at home and at work and at play, so utterly faithful to the world it sets out to recreate that one has to admire it. Vivid and dramatic, it penetrates beneath the skin of young and old. We are given no more than the remnants of the old working-class world of warmth and solidarity, one that has now had its heart torn out, but what afterglow there is comes from the portrait of the mother, Mary, and her 'little victories of life over death.'"

Waterstone's Books Quarterly, Spring 2004
"This is an exceptional debut ... comic and poignant by turns ... a vivid portrayal of a family under duress".

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional literary debut, 3 May 2004
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The best debut novel I have read since Christopher Hart's The Harvest. Indeed, this work even surpasses the achievements of Hart. What really impresses about Cartwright's writing - over and above his much applauded skill in rendering Black Country dialogue - is his empathy for and sensivity in rendering of character. As with Faulkner and his beloved American South, this novel evokes a distinct sense of place which is the basis for a fine literary exploration of memory, experience and grief. I thoroughly enjoyed this fine and subtle first novel.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An unsentimental book with a tender heart, 11 May 2004
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This book belongs in a tradition of Black Country social realism established by writers such as John Petty and Archie Hill. Like
them Cartwright offers a lucid and intelligent portrait of the region and of the characters it's shaped. One of his many strengths is his ability to find dignity and poetry in a dialect that is so often derided; another is his talent for revealing significance in the apparently mundane. He knows the Black Country intimately and he depicts it scrupulously, but the book's appeal transcends region: its theme of perseverance in the wake of loss is ubiquitous and Cartwright treats it with a sensitivity and humour that everyone will appreciate and enjoy. An uncompromising, unsentimental book with a large and tender heart.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read - honest, touching and funny, 7 Jun 2004
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This is an impressive novel (first or otherwise). It is a tour de force to use dialect to do so much: create varied characters; their lives (present and past) and their relationships. This story of a family, their friends, childhood and history is told with such a sense of truth: painful and sad but never sentimental. I loved the sense we have of 'hearing' them - very difficult to achieve and I look forward to Mr. Cartwright's next work.
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