A man searches for a stolen child through swinging London and the Lake District in the psychedelic 1960s
James Clarke was born in Manchester in 1985 and grew up in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. His debut novel The Litten Path won the 2019 Betty Trask Prize.
'Sanderson's Isle is a hugely enjoyable sex and drug fuelled human
drama, set against the gritty backdrops of 1960's London and the
Lake District. Clarke's vivid writing brings his characters fully
to life, each one grappling in their own way with the social
turbulence at the dawn of the space age. A powerful and deeply
engaging read' - Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell
'What a narrator. How Speake speaks. How he bends your ear, and
your heart. Sanderson's Isle sometimes reads like a lost John
Braine or David Storey novel. There's even a touch of Ted Lewis in
its elemental fatalism. It's that good' - Tom Benn, author of
Oxblood
'Praise for James Clarke' - :
'His prose is generous and electrifying, unjudgemental and assured.
A brilliant new talent' - Colin Barrett
'A magic portrayal of life in the peripheries' - Amy Liptrot
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