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A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK<BR><BR>'Has energy, empathy and a wickedly colourful way with words' Erica Wagner, Guardian<BR><BR>'Authentic to the harshness of the world that Michael Crummey so brilliantly recreates' The Times<BR><BR>'A vibrant historical novel... Potent' New Yorker, Books of the Year<BR><BR>In a remote Newfoundland port settlement, ruthless company man Abe Strapp is set to secure his dominance over the shore and its rich resources by marrying the daughter of a rival merchant - until the Widow Caines stands up in church and throws the wedding and Abe's plans into chaos. <BR><BR>As the bitter feud between these two competitors - each determined to ruin the person they despise most - spirals further into vendetta and violence, the locals too are forced to take sides, with devastating consequences. <BR><BR>A compulsive, exuberant and uncompromising historical adventure to equal Deadwood or The North Water, The Adversary is a wildly entertaining evocation of power, grievance and retribution.
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