WINNER of THE 2013 GORDON BURN PRIZE. 'Brilliant.' The Guardian.' PIG IRON is the story of a traveller who hasn't travelled; a young man fighting for his surname and his very survival. "They knew of the Wisdoms. Everyone did. Travellers and country folk alike. Some said they'd been cursed with the w
Pig Iron
โ Scribed by Myers, Benjamin
- Book ID
- 109192299
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780957549760
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โฆ Synopsis
Overview: Pig Iron is the story of John-John, a young man wrestling with the legacy of brutality left by his bare-knuckle boxer father, King of the Gypsies, Mac Wisdom. His new job as an ice cream man should offer freedom, but instead pulls John-John into the dark recesses of a north-east town where his family name is mud.
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WINNER of THE 2013 GORDON BURN PRIZE. 'Brilliant.' The Guardian.' PIG IRON is the story of a traveller who hasn't travelled; a young man fighting for his surname and his very survival. "They knew of the Wisdoms. Everyone did. Travellers and country folk alike. Some said they'd been cursed with the w
**WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE** ** ****An unflinching portrait of contemporary Traveller culture by the award-winning author of** _**The Gallows Pole**_ ** _ _**John-John wants to escape his past. But the legacy of brutality left by his boxer father, King of the Gypsies, Mac Wisdom, over