**Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2023**

**Chosen as a book to watch out for in 2023 by The Times, Observer, Guardian, Irish Times and Scotsman**

'An epic the north has long deserved' FINANCIAL TIMES

'A sensational piece of storytelling . A singular and significant achievement' GUARDIAN

'Marvellous, artful, enchanted' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Cements Myers's standing as one of our finest, and most deftly imaginative, writers' I NEWS

The triumphant new novel from the Walter Scott Prize-winning a...

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music - perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe

Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics.

Dinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Six...

'In this folksy, magnetic tale, two outsiders seek healing and enlightenment by creating crop formations in a Wiltshire field ... A memorable hymn to beauty' OBSERVER

'The pleasures of this bountiful novel are like a glass of cool water on a parched summer day' THE TIMES

England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men - traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone - set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary ...

**SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER**

FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

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'What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindness ... Gorgeous' - Max Porter, author of Lanny

'Glorious ... Leaves an indelible impression ... A moving and subtle novel in many ways, infused with a love of the minute pleasures in life, and the lasting regrets' ...

An ingenious, funny and moving novel about love, loss and second chances - and the power of music to bring us together. By the award-winning author of The Offing and The Gallows Pole