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Everything I Found on the Beach
Everything I Found on the Beach | Cynan Jones
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Praise for Cynan Jones: "[A] piercing novella. . . . Like Cormac McCarthy, Jones can make the everyday sound fraught and biblical."Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Jones's perfectly pitched novel will appeal to anyone looking beyond sheer thrills."Library Journal "This slim volume has all the gravity of a black hole, and reading it is like standing on the event horizon. . . . It's like a more beautiful Cormac McCarthy; a darker W.H. Auden."Elliot Bay Book Company "There's nothing bucolic about this elemental, extraordinary tale of good and evil."Shelf Awareness When a net is set, and that's the way you choose, you'll hit it. Hold, a Welsh fisherman, Grzegorz, a Polish migrant worker, and Stringer, an Irish gangster, all want the chance to make their lives better. One kilo of cocaine and the sea tie them together in a fatal series of decisions. Cynan Jones was born near Aberaeron on the west coast of Wales in 1975. He is the author of four short novels, most recently The Dig (Coffee House Press, 2014), which won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2014 and the Wales Book of the Year Fiction Prize 2015. His work has been translated into several languages, and short stories have aired on BBC Radio and appeared in a number of anthologies and publications including Granta.Everything I Found on the Beach is the second of three United States releases of his work by Coffee House Press.
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Very unusual to actually have the beach to myself, even if only for five minutes - it was 5 minutes between the downpours, so 👍. #litsywalkers

And Cynan Jones is one of those authors on my ‘been meaning to read forever‘ list.

DivineDiana Dreamy! 6y
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alisiakae That looks lovely! 6y
Kaye Cool pictures 6y
DarcysMom Great pictures! I dream of walking on a lonely beach. 6y
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A dark dark novel.Every character brilliantly written.Moments where yo will cover eyes but you can not put this book down.

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#Augustphotochallenge's #minimalistbookcovers! To me, that means no images or very minimalist images. I love these kind of covers! Also love seeing lots of small presses here like Haymarket, @Graywolfpress , @coffeehousepress ! @TheSpinecrackersBookClub

brendanmleonard Love the Solsnit 8y
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"'Ah,' thought Hold. 'There just aren't any rules. Just the rule that the sea will keep surprising you.'"—from EVERYTHING I FOUND ON THE BEACH by Cynan Jones, out now.

ScottOh "The Dig" was my first exposure to Cynan Jones. Looking forward to this next adventure. 8y
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