The Lip

Book cover of The Lip: a novel of the Cornwall tourists seldom see

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' GUILD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD | SHORTLISTED FOR THE HOLYER AN GOF LITERARY FICTION AWARD | LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD

'This unsparing debut novel portrays the unromantic side of Cornwall few visitors see and which so many novelists choose to overlook.…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Lip as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Joy V. Sheridan

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At this time there was extensive maritime traffic between Cornwall and the West Indies. The Lip also has an affinity with my own experience, which included going on a Transatlantic Voyage, described in my own book, and a collection of poems I wrote on board.

From Joy's list on a sense of history, oppression and exploitation.