Order History
Premium Membership & Rewards
Help Center / FAQ
Earn 5X Rewards 1/1 - 12/31SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year
On the morning after harvest, the inhabitants of a remote English village awaken looking forward to a hard-earned day of rest and feasting at their landowner's table. But the sky is marred by two conspicuous columns of smoke, replacing pleasurable anticipation with alarm and suspicion.
One smoke column is the result of an overnight fire that has damaged the master's outbuildings. Th…
Categories
FictionAwardsPrint BooksLiteraturePaperbackFictionFiction SubjectsWorld FictionSettings & Atmosphere - FictionEnglish, Scottish, & Welsh FictionRural Settings - FictionEnglish Fiction - 21st Century2013 Man Booker Prize ShortlistChristian Science Monitor's Best Fiction of 2013Los Angeles Times Best Books of 20132014 Walter Scott Prize Shortlist2011-2020 James Tait Black Prize for Fiction Winners2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner2013 Goldsmiths Prize ShortlistAll Winners - International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardInternational Dublin Literary AwardFiction AwardsPrevious Shortlists - International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardBooker Prize - Previous Shortlisted BooksBooker PrizeBritish Literary AwardsBest Books of the Year 2013Best Books of the YearChristian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2013Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2013Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionPrevious Shortlists - Walter Scott PrizeJames Tait Black PrizesFiction Winners - James Tait Black PrizesGoldsmiths PrizePrevious Finalists - Goldsmiths Prize