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Corby, the industrial new town built around a vast steel works, draws many to the fires of its furnaces - in the hope of steady work, a better house, a fresh start. Amongst them are Francis Cameron, from Scotland, and his friend Jan Ruckert, the son of Latvian refugees. Though very different they are both outsiders; alienated, intelligent and curious, they form a strong and lasting bond: two teenage boys finding their feet in a foreign place. But violence hangs in the Corby air like the ash and the stench from the steel works, and when it comes down it is sudden and lethal - with repercussions that will last a lifetime. Reading John Burnside's fourth novel is like reading a dream: slow and mesmeric, interrupted by shocking, arbitrary acts of violence and the revelation of mysteries. Brilliantly evoking the turned-on, tuned-out seventies, with LSD the vehicle to reinvention, Living Nowhere is a story of friendship and loss, about trying to make a pure connection with the earth through a miasma of contamination. The journey at its centre is not an escape from grief, but an attempt - through solitude, rootlessness and a lot of acid - to recover a sense of worth and go forward, finally, to a new life beyond the poison and the waste. Meditative, profound and exquisitely crafted, Living Nowhere is the finest novel yet from a writer at the height of his powers - a resonant, thrilling book that carries at its core a beautiful and terrible secret.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0224052934
- ISBN 13 9780224052931
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Evoking the turned-on, tuned-out seventies, with LSD the vehicle to reinvention, "Living Nowhere" is a story of friendship and loss, about trying to make a pure connection with the earth through a miasma of contamination. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001296739
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Living Nowhere
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Jonathan Cape May 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0224052934
ISBN 13: 9780224052931
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 256 pages. Ex-library. Cover worn.In John Burnside's fourth and possibly best novel, two young men, both outsiders, alienated and intelligent, form a strong and lasting bond: finding their feet in a place where violence hangs in the air like the ash and the stench from the steel works. Seller Inventory # 799o
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