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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025*'Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written' Douglas StuartThomas 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 to 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?Haunting and timeless, this is the story of a young man hemmed in by his circumstances, striving to achieve fulfilment far beyond the world he knows.

NOMINAT PENTRU PREMIUL BOOKER 2025*,,Benjamin Wood este un scriitor magnific si intentionez sa citesc tot ce a scris" Douglas Stuart Thomas duce o viata linistita si meditata alaturi de mama sa in Longferry, lucrand in meseria bunicului sau ca muncitor-sef. Se trezeste devreme ca sa-si duca calul si caruta pe plaja cenusie si mohorata ca sa prinda creveti, petrecandu-si dupa-amiaza vanzandu-si marfa, incercand sa spele sarea si mizeria, tanjind dupa Joan Wyeth de la capatul strazii si repetand cantece la chitara.