London Lies Beneath by Stella Duffy (English) Paperback Book

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Based on a true story, London Lies Beneath is a compelling historical novel from the award-winning writer Stella Duffy.

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Based on a true story, London Lies Beneath is a compelling historical novel from the award-winning writer Stella Duffy.'As gloriously alive as the turn of the century south London streets it portrays' REDIn August 1912, three friends set out on an adventure. Two of them come home. Tom, Jimmy and Itzhak have grown up together in the crowded slums of Walworth. All three boys are expected to follow their father's trades and stay close to home. But Tom has wider dreams. So when he hears of a scouting trip, sailing from Waterloo to Sheppey and the mouth of the Thames - he is determined to go. And Itzhak and Jimmy go with him.Inspired by real events, this is the story of three friends, and a tragedy that will change them for ever. It is also a song of south London, of working class families with hidden histories, of a bright and complex world long neglected. London Lies Beneath is a powerful and compelling novel, rich with life and full of wisdom.'Vivid and full of heart, Duffy's new novel is a fitting hymn to the city that inspired it' FINANCIAL TIMES'A paean not just to South London, but to a vanished way of working-class life . . . Duffy's narrative is as fluid as a costermonger's patter, carrying the reader along' DAILY MAIL

Notes

Based on a true story, London Lies Beneath tells the story of three friends who set out on an adventure but only two of them come home. Inspired by true events, it weaves a historical tale of tragedy and working-class families living in South London in 1912.

Author Biography

Dr Stella Duffy is an award-winning writer of seventeen novels, over seventy short stories and fourteen plays. In 2016 she received the OBE for services to the arts. Stella is also a psychotherapist working in private practice and for a low-cost community mental health service. She has recently completed her doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy, researching the embodied experience of post-menopause. Her website is:

Prizes

Short-listed for Green Carnation Prize 2017 (UK)

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Based on a true story, London Lies Beneath is a compelling historical novel from the award-winning writer Stella Duffy. 'As gloriously alive as the turn of the century south London streets it portrays' RED In August 1912, three friends set out on an adventure. Two of them come home. Tom, Jimmy and Itzhak have grown up together in the crowded slums of Walworth. All three boys are expected to follow their father's trades and stay close to home. But Tom has wider dreams. So when he hears of a scouting trip, sailing from Waterloo to Sheppey and the mouth of the Thames - he is determined to go. And Itzhak and Jimmy go with him.Inspired by real events , this is the story of three friends, and a tragedy that will change them for ever. It is also a song of south London, of working class families with hidden histories, of a bright and complex world long neglected. London Lies Beneath is a powerful and compelling novel, rich with life and full of wisdom. 'Vivid and full of heart, Duffy's new novel is a fitting hymn to the city that inspired it' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A paean not just to South London, but to a vanished way of working-class life . . . Duffy's narrative is as fluid as a costermonger's patter, carrying the reader along' DAILY MAIL

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Based on a true story, London Lies Beneath is a compelling historical novel from the award-winning writer Stella Duffy.

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Details ISBN0349007837 Author Stella Duffy Pages 320 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2017 ISBN-10 0349007837 ISBN-13 9780349007830 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-03-02 Media Book Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Language English UK Release Date 2017-03-02 Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-04-25 AU Release Date 2017-04-25 We've got this

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