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The stark beauty of the Welsh countryside is given powerful life in this sweeping tale of one family from World War II to the present day, for readers of Alice Munro, Kent Haruf, Bruce Chatwin, and Louise Erdrich.Addlands (i.e., headlands) : the border of plough land which is ploughed last of all. The patriarch of Funnon Farm is Idris Hamer, stubborn, strong, a man of the plough and the prayer-sheet, haunted by his youth in the trenches of France. The son is Oliver, a junior boxing champion and hell-raising local legend who seems from birth inextricably rooted to his corner of Wales. Bridging these two men's uneasy relationship is Etty, a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Following the Hamer family for seventy years, this novel's beauty is in its pure and moving prose, and its brilliant insight into a traditional way of life splintering in the face of inevitable change.
About the Author
Tom Bullough grew up on a hill farm in Radnorshire and now lives in Breconshire, no less remotely. Both of these places are in mid-Wales. He has worked as a sawmiller, a Zimbabwean music promoter, a tractor driver and a contributor to various titles in the ROUGH GUIDES series. He is the author of the "immensely enjoyable" (Guardian) A, the "truly memorable" (Independent) THE CLAUDE GLASS and the "mesmerizing" (TLS) KONSTANTIN. His fourth novel ADDLANDS is published in June 2016 in the UK and August 2016 in the US. For more info please go to www.tombullough.com
