A Hon Classic, first published in 1959, this unusual, highly praised vel is set in the coal-mining valleys of Wales at a time of near-starvation. After a much-hated mine manager is found dead, suspense and suspicion grow among the miners, men who, despite their poverty, abound with humour and warmth. The tension grows until the truth about the killing is discovered by one of the miners' own leaders...
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Honno Ltd
ISBN-10
1906784205
ISBN-13
9781906784201
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178192287
Product Key Features
Author
Menna Gallie
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Ceredigion
Edited by
Prof. Angela V. John
Author Biography
Menna Gallie grew up in a South Wales mining village in the 1920s, and became an English teacheras well as the author of six critically acclaimed novels.