**Chosen as a book to watch out for in 2023 by The Times, Observer, Guardian, Irish TImes and Scotsman**'Myers at his best: dark, sharp, earthy and superbly funny. Cuddy isn't a novel, it's an invocation' ROB COWENThe triumphant new novel from the Walter Scott Prize-winning author of The Gallows Pole and The OffingCuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England.Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras - from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity. Along the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages. And all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage - their dreams, desires, connections and communities.
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Cuddy 9781526631503 Hardback
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Cuddy
Bought as a present for my husband: i have never known him read a book so quickly and be so fascinated. As an ex-Durham graduate he knew many of the places, and has shared much of it with me (I will get round to reading it eventually!)
- Authors:
- Myers, Benjamin
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781526631503
- Number of Pages:
- 464
- Publication Date:
- 16/03/2023
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- SKU:
- 9781526631503