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Black Sheep

by Susan Hill

Hardback (unsigned) £10.99
Published 24th October 2013, 144 pages
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Description

The village is called Mount of Zeal. It’s built in a bowl like an amphitheatre, with the winding gear where the stage would be. The pit lies below. Ted Howker’s school is on the edge of Lower Terrace next to the chapel. Upper Terrace - in a thunderous echo of the Bible so loved by Ted’s grandfather - is Paradise. Ted and his father and his brothers live in Middle. In the beginning: a household of men, all of whom work in the pit… Susan Hill is an exceptional writer at the height of her powers. Every word is precisely right: the descriptions of the village and the pit, the people and the farm are exact and true; the heartbreak is inevitable yet new; and the imagery and imagination take your breath away.

Details

Black Sheep
by Susan Hill

ISBN
9780701184216

Publisher
Vintage Publishing

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
Oct. 24, 2013

Dimensions
20.4cm x 13.7cm x 1.5cm

Page count
144 pages