{"product_id":"9781526631503-cuddy","title":"Cuddy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize. \u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An epic the north has long deserved’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES                             \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A sensational piece of storytelling … A singular and significant achievement’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Marvellous, artful, enchanted’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cements Myers’s standing as one of our finest, and most deftly imaginative, writers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI NEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe triumphant new novel from the Walter Scott Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuddy \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England.Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, \u003ci\u003eCuddy\u003c\/i\u003e straddles historical eras - from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.Along the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages.And all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage – their dreams, desires, connections and communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40743279984737,"sku":"9781526631503","price":21.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/0aa1396b98dae38c9138e7ffe5ba2fa9.png?v=1702535185","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526631503-cuddy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}