LS6 - Softcover

Mario Crespo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993401406 ISBN 13: 9780993401404

Publisher: Dead Ink, 2016

Synopsis

LS6 is a Leeds postcode that inspired this novel of six intertwining stories about the marginalised communities of Leeds, particularly migrants and the working class and their interactions with each other. An examination of neoliberal politics.

Leeds, the melting pot. A Spanish ham cutter, a Colombian chicken sexer, an Italian usher, a Cape Verdean actor, an Iraqi-Kurd ghost-writer, and a widow of Leeds all weave their way towards the Playhouse for The Death of Margaret Thatcher. Collage or cocktail: the forces of neoliberalism, yin-yang, and The Golden Bough bring them together and then tear them apart. The Leeds school has an explosive new voice formed in Madrid. Translated by Sally Ashton.

About this title

About the Author

Mario Crespo was born in Zamora, Spain in 1979. He studied the History of Art and Librarianship at the University of Salmanca and is the Director of short films Untitled and Death . LS6 was first published in Spanish in 2010 and it was chosen to represent Spain at the Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry, Cuento kilómetros (2011), Biblioteca Nacional (2012) and La 4ª (2014). Mario currently lives in Madrid.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dead Ink
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993401406
• ISBN 13: 9780993401404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200