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Salvage [Paperback]

Robert Edric
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7 July 2011

It is the not too distant future. The Gulf Stream has ceased and the climate is plunged into turmoil. England has changed.

Civil Servant Quinn is dispatched to conduct an audit on a remote plot of land up North, designated for a brand new model town. But he swiftly realises how inflammatory his presence is when confronted by those on the sharp end of the new reality: Owen, a suicidal farmer whose livestock has been destroyed after a slew of viruses; Winston, a disillusioned journalist with a gallery of photos that show the truth about the site; and Pollard, the local man of God whose faith is up for sale.

But it is Anna, Quinn's sometime girlfriend, in charge of filling the dead cattle pits, who faces the deepest abyss of all. As the heavens open once again, the mountains of toxic soil that surround the site slowly begin to shift, and Quinn will face the ultimate test of his integrity.


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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan (7 July 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552776254
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552776257
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,203,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Grips the breader from the start with the constant threat of imminent danger, though it is not a conventional thriller, mainly avoiding violence or melodrama and making the nightmare ordinary (John Spurling The Sunday Times 20100328)

Black, gripping and superbly told (The Times )

This is his 19th novel and - against some hot competition - one of his very best (Independent )

A carefully thought-out picture of a bleak future that works as a critique of the present (Guardian )

Once again, Edric shows himself to be one of Britain's finest storytellers (Good Book Guide )

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A stunning novel from one of the UK's finest literary writers

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3.0 out of 5 stars interesting idea 19 May 2012
Format:Hardcover
Actually enjoyed reading this book quite a lot though as other reviews have mentioned very little actually happens. The quality of writing is good and nicely conjures up the loneliness and underlying desperation of the whole situation and made it all seem plausible. But if you want a thrill a chapter maybe best to look elsewhere!
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The premise of this novel is interesting enough - in the not-too-distant future towns are being expanded urgently to try to cope with hoardes of refugees made homeless by flooding in the south. But the story itself is just boring. Hardly anything happens. Most of the novel is taken up with descriptions of the main character driving around a bleak town in the rain. The characters and writing are flat, dull and lifeless. It was a relief to finish it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Still Waters Run too Deep 10 Jan 2011
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A drama set several decades into the future, with Britain suffering the effects of climate change, tempted me to try once again to read a Robert Edric novel. I was very impressed by the discovery of the quality and striking originality of his writing through "In Zodiac Light" a couple of years ago, but have struggled since then to find another of his books that repeats the experience, apart from "Gathering the Water", which was a bit of a let-down plot-wise, but beautifully written, creating powerful visual images.

In "Salvage", Edric continually promises some dramatic incident or moving relationship, but it never quite comes to pass. Also, in this case, the descriptions of the landscape and the narrator's activities and encounters with the locals are quite dull, plus I had trouble understanding why anyone should build a new town in the depths of Scotland. There was too little to compensate for the lack of a narrative drive, and eventually, with great regret, I gave up.....
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