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A Honno Classic, first published in 1959, thisunusual, highly praised crime novel is set in thecoal-mining valleys of Wales at a time ofnear-starvation. After a much-hated mine manageris found dead, suspense and suspicion grow amongthe miners, men who, despite their poverty, aboundwith humour and warmth. The tension grows untilthe truth about the killing is discovered by oneof the miners' own leaders...
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Review:
"Fresh and beguiling." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"A witty and wonderfully observed cameo of social behavior." --Angela V John
About the Author:
"A witty and wonderfully observed cameo of social behavior." --Angela V John
Menna Gallie grew up in a South Wales mining village in the 1920s, and became an English teacheras well as the author of six critically acclaimed novels.
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- PublisherHonno Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1870206584
- ISBN 13 9781870206587
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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