Everything I Found on the Beach - Softcover

Jones, Cynan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906998493 ISBN 13: 9781906998493

Publisher: Parthian Books, 2011

Synopsis

A dark tale of slavery, immigration, and murder set on the west coast of Wales, this is a startling portrait of three ordinary lives taken to extremes. In the aching cold where night bumps into day, Hold hears noises confirming he isn't alone. At the edge of his nets, a rudderless dingy thumps against the rocks, prey to the ebbing tide. What he finds there changes everything. Meanwhile, Grzegorz works hard, with no time for rest and little thanks. All he needs is an opportunity; when it comes, with no apparent strings attached, what can he do but take it? On the other hand, the Big Man knows only one kind of life—where all that is needed are a code of honor and a reputation—but it’s leaving him behind and he’s struggling to keep up. One random technical hitch later and the three men are set on a journey that none could have foreseen, none can halt, and that ends as abruptly as it began.

About this title

About the Author

Cynan Jones is the author of The Long Dry and the recipient of the Betty Trask Award.

Review

"A Welshman, an Irishman and a Pole: the start of a bad joke? No, the pained central protagonists of Cynan Jones's excellent second novel . . . described in beautiful and haunting prose." —Time Out (July 2011)

About this edition

• Publisher: Parthian Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906998493
• ISBN 13: 9781906998493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200