Praise for Heartland:
This is what fiction should be and what readers want it to be: passionately engaged. The ambition and achievement shine forth from every sentence
(David Peace)The Iron Towns. Once the furnace heart of industrial England, now the valley is home only to fading dreams.
Twenty years ago, Liam, Dee Dee, Goldie and Mark had life stretching ahead of them: dreams of stardom, young marriages, money in their pockets. None of them can undo what made it all unravel. Now Liam is playing out the end of a modest career at Irontown FC. As the club limps towards relegation and liquidation, Liam's mind turns to history - and the past weighs heavily in the Iron Towns. The old steelworks rust, apple trees grow up through the abandoned factory floors and the land is haunted again by legends of the ancient kingdom of Mercia: Saxon princes, witches on the Heath, older myths creeping back to the edge of consciousness.
But it is more recent legends that fill Liam's mind: the great footballers tattooed across his body, images of famous cup finals, moments etched in the collective memory ... could redemption, greatness even, still wait for Liam and his friends, here among the crumbling estates and old dockyards?
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Descripción Burgundy Cloth Boards. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Novel set in a declining valley among rusting steelworks and a failing football team. 280pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Minimal lean to spine, otherwise near fine copy. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine. Signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 009893
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Jacket by Peter Dyer Ilustrador. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Ruthie, Many thanks for all your work on Iron Towns. Hope you're happy with the finished work - I am! 19/5/16. Anthony Cartwright'. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 280pp. The Iron Towns. Once the furnace heart of industrial England, now the valley is home only to fading dreams. Twenty years ago, Liam, Dee Dee, Goldie and Mark had life stretching ahead of them, dreams of stardom, young marriages, money in their pockets. None of them can undo what made it all unravel. Now Liam is playing out the end of a modest career at Irontown FC. As the club limps towards relegation and liquidation, Liam's mind turns to history and the past weighs heavily in the Iron Towns. The old steelworks rust, apple trees grow up through the abandoned factory floors and the land is haunted again by legends of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. Saxon princes, witches on the Heath, older myths creeping back to the edge of consciousness. But it is more recent legends that fill Liam's mind, the great footballers tattooed across his body, images of famous cup finals, moments etched in the collective memory, could redemption, greatness even, still wait for Liam and his friends, here among the crumbling estates and old dockyards? Quite scarce signed. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 008262