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The Mating Habits of Stags

By (author) Ray Robinson

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‘Poetic and powerfully brutal...a one-off’ – The Times The lyrical new novel from the award-winning author of Electricity and Forgetting Zoë SHORTLISTED: Portico Prize Midwinter. As former farmhand Jake, a widower in his seventies, wanders the beautiful, austere moors of North Yorkshire trying to evade capture, we learn of the events of his past: the wife he loved and lost, their child he knows cannot be his, and the deep-seated need for revenge that manifests itself in a moment of violence. On the coast, Jake’s friend, Sheila, receives the devastating news. The aftermath of Jake’s actions, and what it brings to the surface, will change her life forever. But how will she react when he turns up at her door? The Mating Habits of Stags is a journey through a life of guilt and things unsaid – and as beauty and tenderness blend with violence, Robinson transports us to a different world, subtly exploring love and loss in a language that both bruises and heals. An early version of the story was released in 2016 as the short film Edith, starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was Bafta-longlisted for Best British Short Film.

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Publisher | Eye Books
Published date | 6 May 2020
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 224
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 311g
ISBN | 978-1-7856-3138-2
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BISAC | fiction / general


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