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God's Own Country

Written by: Ross Raisin
Narrated by: Oliver J. Hemborough
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Publisher's Summary

In his celebrated debut novel, God’s Own Country, Ross Raisin tells the story of solitary young farmer, Sam Marsdyke, and his extraordinary battle with the world.

Expelled from school and cut off from the town, mistrusted by his parents and avoided by city incomers, Marsdyke is a loner until he meets rebellious new neighbour Josephine. But what begins as a friendship and leads to thoughts of escape across the moors turns to something much, much darker with every step.

Ross Raisin was born in 1979 in West Yorkshire. His first novel, God's Own Country was published to great acclaim in 2008 and was shortlisted for nine literary awards including the Guardian First Book Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. His second novel, Waterline, followed in 2011 and was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.

In 2009 Ross Raisin was named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and in 2013 he was named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.

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Critic Reviews

"A truly memorable and distinctive voice. Very impressive" ( Daily Mail
"Powerful, engrossing, extraordinary, sinister, comic. A masterful debut" ( Observer)
"Astonishing, funny, unsettling... An unforgettable creation [whose] literary forebears include Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield and Alex from A Clockwork Orange" ( The Times)
"Compelling... What makes this novel remarkable is Raisin's creation of an entirely original voice" ( Sunday Times)
"One of the outstanding first novels of 2008... as the plot takes a sinister turn, Raisin ratchets up the suspense" ( Sunday Telegraph)

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