Weekend in Dinlock

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480437081

<DIV><DIV><b><b>A soulful tour de force of the world of coal miners in Yorkshire, a way of life like no other</b></b></div><DIV><BR>In this psychologically astute novel set in the boisterous South Yorkshire mining town of Dinlock, Davie, a young miner, paints to ease the mental and physical pain of digging coal, on his knees, two thousand feet underground. Sigal creates through Davie a microcosmic portrait of this backbreaking work, performed by men dedicated to social change. In close detail, Sigal illustrates their daily routines and surprising complexity&mdash;from the mines to the pub and back home.<BR></div><DIV><i><BR>Weekend in Dinlock</i> offers an immersive account of the brutal work these miners endure and their life-affirming, sometimes violent ways of relaxing. This intensely realistic account recalls George Orwell and is illuminated by Sigal&rsquo;s ability to convey working-class wit and a sympathetic yet brutalizing milieu, placing the reader in the mind and soul of the coal miner.<BR></div><DIV></div></div>