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The Swordfish and the Star : Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous
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- Book Title
- The Swordfish and the Star : Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous
- Features
- EX-LIBRARY
- ISBN
- 9781784740153
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast
- Item Height
- 222mm
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Item Width
- 144mm
- Subject
- Science, Anthropology
- Item Weight
- 408g
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community, but especially those still working this last frontier- the Cornish fishermen. These are the dreamers and fighters who every day prepare for battle with the vast grey Atlantic. Cornwall and its seas are brought to life, mixing drinking and drugs and sea spray, moonlit beaches and shattering storms, myth and urban myth. The result is an arresting tapestry of a place we thought we knew; the precarious reality of life in Cornwall today emerges from behind our idyllic holiday snaps and picture postcards. Even the quaint fishermen's pubs on the quay at Newlyn, including the Swordfish and its neighbour the Star, turn out to be places where squalls can blow up, and down again, in an instant. Based on immersive research and rich with the voices of a cast of remarkable characters, this is an eye-opening, dramatic, poignant account of life on Britain's most dangerous stretch of coast. Praise for Hood Rat 'A gripping novelistic immersion' Louis Theroux 'A must-read' Owen Jones 'Britain's Gomorrah' Independent
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Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781784740153
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221873348
Product Key Features
Publication Name
The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science, Anthropology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
222mm
Item Width
144mm
Item Weight
408g
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Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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