Mercury Falling

Robert Edric

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Black Swan
04 April 2019

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

In the post-war chill, people will do almost anything to stay alive.

MERCURY FALLING, from the prize-winning Robert Edric, is an atmospheric story of a man with nothing to lose.

'Shows once more Edric's unassuming yet remarkable talent for conjuring up the lives of his characters' The Sunday Times

The Fens, 1954. Many people have lost everything. Others just want the chance to begin again. For Jimmy Devlin, it's a little of both . . .

It has been another tough winter. The floods are worse than anyone can remember and Fenlands are alive with blackmarketeers, vagabonds and chancers, all trying to make their way.

Forced from his home by bailiffs, Jimmy has nothing to his name and needs to make a fresh start. But desperate people have a knack of finding trouble and he is no exception. It doesn't take long before he's caught in the wrong business with the wrong people and on the wrong side of the law . . .

With his keen eye and trademark candour, Robert Edric explores what a man is capable of doing when he has nothing to lose.

By: Robert Edric
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781784160357
ISBN 10: 1784160350
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (James Tait Black Prize winner 1986), A New Ice Age (runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize 1986), The Book of the Heathen (winner of the WH Smith LIterary Award 2000), Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002), Gathering the Water (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2006) and In Zodiac Light (shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Prize 2010). His most recent novel is The Monster's Lament. He lives in Yorkshire.