Mating Habits of Stags

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Ray Robinson, Robinson Ray

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‘Poetic and powerfully brutal...a one-off’ – The TimesThe lyrical new novel from the award-winning author of Electricity and Forgetting ZoëSHORTLISTED: Portico Prize Midwinter. As former farmhand Jake, a widower in his seventies, wanders the beautiful, austere moors of North Yorkshire trying to evade capture, we learn of the events of his past: the wife he loved and lost, their child he knows cannot be his, and the deep-seated need for revenge that manifests itself in a moment of violence.On the coast, Jake’s friend, Sheila, receives the devastating news. The aftermath of Jake’s actions, and what it brings to the surface, will change her life forever. But how will she react when he turns up at her door?The Mating Habits of Stags is a journey through a life of guilt and things unsaid – and as beauty and tenderness blend with violence, Robinson transports us to a different world, subtly exploring love and loss in a language that both bruises and heals.An early version of the story was released in 2016 as the short film Edith, starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was Bafta-longlisted for Best British Short Film.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-05-06
Mått129 x 198 x 14 mm
Vikt311 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagEye Books
ISBN9781785631382
UtmärkelserShort-listed for The Portico Prize 2019

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Born in North Yorkshire, Ray Robinson first won attention in 2006 with his debut novel, Electricity. It was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. The screen adaptation premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and won Best Screenplay at the National Film Awards.His other novels are The Man Without, Forgetting Zoë and Jawbone Lake. Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.He wrote the multi-award-winning short film Edith, starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, on which his fifth novel, The Mating Habits of Stags, is based.Read more about Ray and his work at rayrobinsonwriter.weebly.com

‘A wonderfully empathetic account...full of candour, lyricism and compassion’ || ‘It’s a one-off. What makes it so special is Robinson’s descriptions of nature. Poetic and beautifully brutal — no “hello, trees” mimsy. The dialogue is no-nonsense Yorkshire demotic. A heady mix’ - The Spectator - Robbie Millen || ‘Ray Robinson’s novel of revenge and counter revenge, of reconciliation, and of love and growth in the thawing of an iron landscape, is a masterwork of unforgiving beauty’ - Yorkshire Times || ‘Rich, compelling stuff’ - Metro || ‘This extraordinary novel gets under the skin from the first paragraph. Robinson never goes for the trite or the neat. Hope and humanity emerge against the odds in a bittersweet and starkly beautiful tale that lingers long in the memory’ - Yorkshire Post