A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James.
John Preston is a former Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and the Sunday Telegraph. For ten years he was the Sunday Telegraph's television critic and one of its chief feature writers. His novel, The Dig, based on the 1939 archaeological excavation at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, has been filmed starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. His first nonfiction book, A Very English Scandal, was published to great acclaim in 2016 and turned into BAFTA-winning BBC drama series. His latest book Fall- The Mystery of Robert Maxwell was published to great acclaim in February 2021. It has been shortlisted for both the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Costa Biography Prize and is being adapted for television by Working Title productions.
'Very fine, engrossing, exquisitely original'
*Ian McEwan*
'An enthralling story of love and loss, a real literary treasure.
One of the most original novels of the year'
*Robert Harris*
'You don't need to be in archaeology - this is a tale of rivalry,
loss and thwarted love. It's so absorbing that I read right through
lunchtime one day, and it's not often I miss a meal'
*Nigella Lawson*
'A rich vein of dry humour runs throughout'
*Evening Standard*
'Intriguing, tender and entertaining ... easily Preston's best'
*Independent*
'A delicate, quietly affecting human drama'
*Daily Mail*
'A moving novel that coheres wonderfully as it progresses'
*Spectator*
'A delicate evocation of a vanished era'
*Sunday Times*
Wonderful, evocative. From this simple tale of dirt, Preston has
produced the finest gold. He keeps an iron grip on the reader's
attention
*Observer*
'Beautifully written...there is a true and wonderful ending to the
story'
*Mail on Sunday*
'Wistful and poignant. A masterpiece in Chekhovian
understatement'
*Times Literary Supplement*
'Exciting, evocative and beautifully written. A treasure in
itself'
*Griff Rhys Jones*
'Shimmers with longing and regret . . . Preston writes with
economical grace . . . He has written a kind of universal chamber
piece, small in detail, beautifully made and liable to linger on in
the heart and the mind. It is something utterly unfamiliar, and
quite wonderful'
*The New York Times Book Review*
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