**2016 Man Booker Prize Longlist ‘A tour de force’ Hilary Mantel‘Riveting and darkly brilliant’ Colm ToibinA ship sets sail with a killer on-board . . .1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the A
'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less than a tight 'n spare 'n suspense-filled noir novel, masterfully set in 1860s Britain and America. And like all superb historical
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester 'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester 'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less
'Fast-paced, gripping. A tour de force of narrative tension and a masterful reconstruction of a lost world' Hilary Mantel'Utterly convincing and compelling, remorselessly vivid and insidiously witty.
