Seascraper / Benjamin Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Benjamin, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shrimpers (Persons)--Fiction.

Shrimpers (Persons).

Folk musicians--Fiction.

Folk musicians.

Motion picture producers and directors--Fiction.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture locations--Fiction.

Motion picture locations.

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Meaning (Psychology)--Fiction.

Meaning (Psychology).

English fiction--21st century.

English fiction.

Genre:

Novels

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

162 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Sea scraper

Place of Publication:

London, England : Penguin Viking, 2025.

Summary:

Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa's trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach and scrape for shrimp, spending the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street, and rehearsing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but it remains a private dream. When a striking visitor turns up, bringing the promise of Hollywood glamour, Thomas is shaken from the drudgery of his days and begins to see a different future. But how much of what the American claims is true, and how far can his inspiration carry Thomas?

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780241741344

0241741343

OCLC:

1461997747

Publisher Number:

CIPO000226472