Name: The Dig
ISBN: 9781847088802

Cynan Jones

From a rising star of British fiction, a powerful short novel set in the wilds of rural Wales

The Dig

This is a searing short novel, built of the interlocking fates of a badger-baiter and a disconsolate farmer, unfolding in a stark rural setting where man, animal, land and weather are at loggerheads. Their two paths converge with tragic inevitability.

Kyle Curry

Dark and full of feeling. For a book that a times feels simple and bleak, it has a rich undertone full of human struggle without greatest adversary, ourselves.

Jones creates beautifully poignant moments with the simplest of situations and equally pulls us into the darkly compelling scenes of badger hunting with a fever i wouldn't have expected. Take your time with this one, it's worth savoring the language.

Gary Homewood

Laconic and unflinching portrayal of life in rural Wales from the perspective of two morally opposed characters, dealing with grief and the cruelty of nature. Small scale yet epic and affecting.

The Dig

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