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“A complex anatomy of a murder. Bethan Roberts is a fearless writer. . . . A compelling debut.”—Louise Welsh
“A cool and relevant novel . . . an urban Cold Comfort Farm . . . expertly crafted.”—Sunday Express
Middle England, mid-1980s: the kind of place where nothing ever happens. Except something has happened: A fifteen-year-old boy called Robert has died down by the pools. And half a dozen lives will come unraveled. The Pools subtly reveals the tensions and terrors that underpin apparently ordinary lives, causing them to spiral suddenly out of control.
Bethan Roberts lives in Brighton in the south of England. The Pools is her first novel.
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About the Author
Bethan Roberts was born in Oxford and brought up in nearby Abingdon. She has MAs from Sussex and Chichester universities and teaches creative writing at Chichester and for the Open University. Roberts was awarded a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers' Prize for her debut novel, The Pools.
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"Brilliantly illuminating.... A beautifully understated debut."--Easy Living "A cool and relevant novel ... like an urban Cold Comfort Farm.... An expertly crafted book."--Sunday Express "Carefully dissects the bubbling tensions of ordinary lives.... Heartbreaking."--FT "A sense of controlled menace broods over every scene, as if the book's tragic outcome were inevitable."--Guardian
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- PublisherSerpent's Tail
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1852424990
- ISBN 13 9781852424992
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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