{"product_id":"oxblood-paperback","title":"Oxblood (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the 2022 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eCharlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ePaperback of the Year**\u003cbr\u003e**Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2023**\u003cbr\u003e**Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eOxblood\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that there are few places literature can't take us, if the writer is brave enough, and gifted enough' FRANCIS SPUFFORD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The master of northern noir' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' DENISE MINA\u003cbr\u003e 'An absolute triumph' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful and so beautifully written' HARRIET TYCE, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBLOOD ORANGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby and the ghost of a murdered lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of a few days, Nedra, Carol and Jan must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break the cycle for good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________________________________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If I read a better novel than\u003ci\u003e Oxblood\u003c\/i\u003e in 2022, it'll be a blinding year for fiction' JOSEPH KNOX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA propulsive, bountiful, fearless work of art' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Benn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45364892565682,"sku":"9781526639516","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/194216_431480_67c10b5f034d37.94123326_9781526639516.jpg?v=1745321062","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/oxblood-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}