Mercias Take

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ISBN: 9781800750692
Title: Mercias Take
Author: WILES DANIEL

1870s, the Black Country.

Michael is a miner. But it’s no life for a man.

Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, so he won’t have to be a miner too.

Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save his own life, and Luke’s. But his workmate has other ideas…

‘Read this novel and marvel at its language, dark and gleaming as obsidian…A striking debut’ – Paul Lynch

‘Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried, the history we choose to ignore’ – Hilary Mantel

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08/04/2022
Pages: 208
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