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Sheepshagger
Niall Griffiths
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Description for Sheepshagger
Paperback. Robbed of his ancestral home, Ianto pledges revenge not only on the English yuppies who have turned his grandmother's cottage into a weekender' barbecue party but on all those who have violated him and the land that is his. This latest act of colonial oppression and desecration triggers his lurid and strange information into unspeakable savagery. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Robbed of his ancestral home - a near-derelict hovel in the mountains of west Wales - Ianto pledges revenge not only on the English yuppies who have turned his grandmother's cottage into a weekenders' barbecue party but on all those who have violated him and the land that is his. This latest act of colonial oppression and desecration triggers his lurid and strange imagination into unspeakable savagery - embodying our most primal fears of physical threat, a world beyond our control.
Robbed of his ancestral home - a near-derelict hovel in the mountains of west Wales - Ianto pledges revenge not only on the English yuppies who have turned his grandmother's cottage into a weekenders' barbecue party but on all those who have violated him and the land that is his. This latest act of colonial oppression and desecration triggers his lurid and strange imagination into unspeakable savagery - embodying our most primal fears of physical threat, a world beyond our control.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285182
SKU
V9780099285182
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-34
About Niall Griffiths
Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966 and now lives in Wales. He is the author of six novels: Grits, Sheepshagger, Kelly + Victor, Stump, Wreckage, and Runt.
Reviews for Sheepshagger
The plotting of the novel is cunning, the performance immaculate... The management and pacing of this material are masterly... He has produced a vital, driven and necessary book
Iain Sinclair
Independent on Sunday
Niall Griffiths is in complete command of his material... A hymn both ancient and modern to place and to unsentimental belonging
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Iain Sinclair
Independent on Sunday
Niall Griffiths is in complete command of his material... A hymn both ancient and modern to place and to unsentimental belonging
Independent
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