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