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**Winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award**
**A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year**
**Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2023**
**Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022**
'Oxblood shows us that there are few places literature can't take us, if the writer is brave enough, and gifted enough' FRANCIS SPUFFORD
'The master of northern noir' SUNDAY TIMES
'Brilliant' DENISE MINA
'An absolute triumph' GUARDIAN
'Powerful and so beautifully written' HARRIET TYCE, Sunday Times-bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE
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Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby and the ghost of a murdered lover.
Over the course of a few days, Nedra, Carol and Jan must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break the cycle for good.
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'If I read a better novel than Oxblood in 2022, it'll be a blinding year for fiction' JOSEPH KNOX
'A propulsive, bountiful, fearless work of art' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE
'One of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACE
Published | 13 Apr 2023 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 272 |
ISBN | 9781526639516 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
With a brutal yet compassionate honesty, Oxblood confronts the past as it was and how it shapes who we are now, and confirms Tom Benn as one of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times
DAVID PEACE, author of THE RED RIDING QUARTET
Deeply immersive and evocative ... a novel to lose yourself in
SUNDAY TIMES, 100 best books for summer 2023
The master of northern noir
SUNDAY TIMES
A rich archive of bygone badness
THE TIMES
An astonishing piece of work. Captures the stories of three women from an underworld family with ferocious honesty and compassion. Audacious writing - visceral, rich and intense. Unforgettable characters haunted by violence and grief. Exceptional
CATH STAINCLIFFE
Oxblood shows us that there are few places literature can't take us, if the writer is brave enough, and gifted enough
FRANCIS SPUFFORD
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