Author: Thomas, Trevor Mark
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 15 February 2019 by Salt Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Salt Modern Fiction' series.
Paperback | 256 pages, No
195 x 124 x 19 | 238g
Tom is grieving for his girlfriend. Her powerful family, convinced he is responsible for her death, place a bounty on his head. On the run, Tom seeks refuge in the Bothy, a dilapidated moorland pub run by ageing gangster Frank. Tom tries to keep the bounty a secret, but news travels fast, even in the middle of nowhere.
Trevor Mark Thomas's first novel is a tense, violent drama involving desperate characters with little to lose apart from their lives. Amid moments of black humour and rare tenderness, buried fears and rivalries rise to the surface, creating an atmosphere of claustrophobia that builds to almost unbearable levels.