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Essential Read

Lark

by Anthony McGowan · 2019

Literary Fiction · ranked #264 in category

Winner · The Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2020

Brothers Nicky and Kenny set out for a walk on the moors above their Yorkshire town — Kenny, who has Down syndrome, in his element among the wildlife he loves — when a sudden fog and a dog's escape turn an ordinary afternoon into a fight for survival. McGowan's Carnegie Medal-winning novella is the final book in the Truth of Things quartet, a devastatingly tender portrait of brotherly love and working-class life in northern England.

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The verdict

Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2019 · 2010s
Author
Anthony McGowan
Standing
Essential Read

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