The Butchers Hook: Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
The Butchers Hook: Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
Janet Ellis
The debut novel by actress and presenter Janet Ellis, The Butcher's Hook is the dark and twisted tale of a young girl in 18th-century London determined to take her life in her own hands.
No matter the cost.
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***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016***
'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times
'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh
'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' Elle
Georgian London, in the summer of 1763.
At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion.
Anne lives a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub.
But Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own happiness in her own way...
...even if that means getting a little blood on her hands.
'A SHARP EYE AND A SHARPER WIT' Guardian
'A SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT' Woman & Home
'STRANGE, DARK AND UTTERLY MESMERIC' Hannah Kent
*And Janet Ellis's second, darkly compelling novel, How It Was, is out now*
Product Description
Title - The Butchers Hook: Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
Edition -
Author - Janet Ellis
ISBN 13 - 9781473625150
Imprint - Two Roads
Publisher - John Murray Press
Date Published - 06/10/2016
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 130 x 196 x 32mm
Weight - 260 g
Languages - English