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Benjamin Myers The Offing (Paperback) (UK IMPORT). Title: The Offing. Author: Benjamin Myers. Format: Paperback. Staying with Dulcie, Robert’s life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. An i Book of the Year. A Reading Agency Book of the Year. Further DetailsTitle: The Offing Condition: New Description: **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER** FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVELA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindness ... Gorgeous’ - Max Porter, author of Lanny ‘Glorious ... Leaves an indelible impression ... A moving and subtle novel in many ways, infused with a love of the minute pleasures in life, and the lasting regrets’ – Scotland on Sunday One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood’s Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.Staying with Dulcie, Robert’s life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures.An i Book of the YearA Reading Agency Book of the YearA BBC Radio 2 Book Club PickA BBC Radio 4 'Book at Bedtime'An Observer Pick for 2019 Author: Benjamin Myers EAN: 9781526611307 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781526611307 Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Weight: 193g Language: English ISBN-10: 1526611309 Genre: Fiction Item Width: 18mm Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Release Date: 03/05/2020 Subtitle: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
