Book description
In the aching cold where night bumps into day, Hold hears noises
that indicate he isn't alone. Out at the edge of his nets a rudderless
dinghy is thumping against the rocks, prey to the ebbing tide. What he
finds there changes everything. Grzegorz works hard, no time for rest,
just work, more work and little thanks. All he needs is a hand up, one
break, one chance. When it comes, with no apparent strings attached,
what can he do but take it? The Big Man knows only one kind of life,
but it's leaving him behind and he's struggling to keep up, longing
for the days when all you needed were a code of honour and a
reputation. One random technical hitch later and all three men are set
on a journey that none could have foreseen, none can halt and which
ends as abruptly as it began - A startlingly realistic portrait of
ordinary lives taken to extremes by the acclaimed author of The Long Dry.
Cynan Jones was born in Wales in 1975. After working as a copywriter
in Glasgow, he returned home to Aberaeron aged twenty-eight to give
himself two years to write a book. The Long Dry was the product of that
decision, and went on to win a Betty Trask Award from the Society of
Authors. The novel has since been published in translation in several
countries, most recently France where it has received strong critical
acclaim. Cynan Jones has worked variously as a teacher, a wine presenter
and sporadically on farms and building sites but focuses increasingly on
writing.
