Reservoir 13: Winner of The 2017 Costa Novel Award

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Relationships mingle and cross over each other, as they are inclined to do in a small community, while those people who return for holidays from work in cities or overseas are kept a little bit out of the loop. Some obviously feel they are too good for the village while some villagers resent that. What was missing for me - were memorable characters . Even in a village, where people come and go - are distracted with their own lives - have little real connection with their community. Wouldn’t there people a few ‘standout’ people? If you want a traditional crime or mystery novel, this is not it. It could almost be described as a series of damp squibs, which is an appropriate metaphor in one way: every subsequent chapter starts “ At midnight when the year turned…” and uses the proximity and number of fireworks to reflect the gradual return to how things used to be. However, it’s too derogatory a metaphor for such a well-crafted book. Headline News highlights interesting birds categorised as locally scarce or where the EBwS requires full notes/descriptions

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For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. They'd lost a ewe while he'd been gone. There was a meeting of the parish council. Brian Fletcher had difficulty keeping people to the agenda.. Their marriage was little understood. There was some speculation but most felt it was no concern of theirs.” And yet, “It was known they had separate bedrooms.” Quite unlike anything I have read before. McGregor writes with rare elegance and integrity. If people were not already aware that here is one of our most accomplished living writers, they certainly will be now." -- Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent A new novel from the absurdly gifted Jon McGregor, seven years after the IMPAC-winning Even the Dogs, Reservoir 13 is haunting and heartbreaking, the tale of a disappearance and its aftermath--his best yet." -- The Guardian, "Fiction to look out for in 2017"

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Award-winning Jon McGregor defies expectations with this superbly crafted and mesmerizingly atmospheric portrait of an unnamed village ... Unsentimental and occasionally very funny, this is a haunting, beautiful book." -- Daily Mail Each chapter of Reservoir 13 begins at New Year, as the local crime story morphs into an observation of the passing of time. P.S. Here's an interesting interview with the author, but be aware that If you love the outdoors and hiking in the Peak District then this post is for you. Here are the top 12 best hikes in the Peak District in the dark peak area. In many ways, nothing else momentous happens; just regular village life, albeit tainted and scarred.Please note 'Peak District Walks' accepts no liability for any injuries or accidents resulting from walking our routes. We always recommend you wear appropriate footwear to avoid injuries and to take a paper map and compass on your walks. Read more here. Greenfinch (Garden birding - On & about the sunflower feeder ), 5 Siskin (Garden birding - Small party of Siskin flying overhead) The cycle of human life is echoed in the rhythms of the natural world — the flowering of trees and wild plants, mating and hibernation of wildlife and weather conditions marking the changing of the seasons. On a personal note, I had never heard of well-dressing, so I looked it up. Fascinating. Shortly after the girl disappeared, the committee wondered whether or not to hold the annual event and decided, yes, but keep it low-key. This is well-dressing. These stories are illuminated by Jon McGregor's fearless and humane imagination. Both tragic and comic, they form a polyphonic portrait of a people and a place. Exhilarating." -- Katie Kitamura

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Late last year, Rihanna paid homage to Nefertiti for Vogue Arabia – just too late for comment by historian Joyce Tyldesley in her new book on the Egyptian queen, but rather underlining her point that a 3,000-year-old bust has become a cultural icon. Tyldesley first sets the scene of the Armarna age in which Nefertiti lived before exploring the creation of the bust by royal sculptor Thutmose and finally explaining why, on its rediscovery in early 20th-century Germany, it caused such a stir. It does feel a little like an extended essay – there aren’t enough of Tyldesley’s enjoyable personal asides – and she has already published a Nefertiti biography covering a lot of this ground, but it’s breezily readable stuff nonetheless. Restless Souls Through meticulous layering of details and repetition Reservoir 13 marks the turning of the years. Every chapter, each of which takes us one year on, begins in the same way: a sentence noting the fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Yet with a few small changes McGregor shows how life is changing for this community. Jon McGregor has always been interested in that kind of connection, too. His first novel, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2002, a rare accolade for a debut (I was a judge that year). Set on a single summer’s day in a suburban street, the novel flows between its characters and their quotidian lives, no detail too small to escape the writer’s notice. It is a hymn to the ordinary, and with it the author marked out his territory. His third novel, Even the Dogs – which investigates the life of a chronic alcoholic in the aftermath of his death – won the IMPAC Literary Award in 2012. None of these villagers dominate the novel; there is in fact no central character. Often all we get is a fleeting glimpse of their lives, a single sentence or a short conversation alone signalling their attitudes, their vulnerabilities and how their lives are changing. It’s a style that calls for careful reading — blink and you can easily miss some essential detail. If aloneness is inevitable, I want to believe that aloneness is what I have desired because it is happiness itself."

Jon McGregor's uncanny stories linger long after you have finished them. He quietly inserts distinct, convincing voices into vivid and compelling landscapes. This original, beautiful, and haunting book totally captivated me." ―Dana Spiotta, author of Innocents and Others and National Book Award Finalist Eat the Document Jon McGregor by the ‘Hardy tree’ in St Pancras graveyard, London, growing from gravestones moved while Thomas Hardy worked there. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial? Knowing what we now know—that Dr Finch had raped and murdered multiple teenage victims and concealed his perversion beneath a façade of respectability—his early scenes become doubly fascinating. Lines that passed by unnoticed before the finale now roar with additional significance. Night Vale makes Twin Peaks look like Henley-on-Thames. Local weather reports, announcements from the Sheriff and news make up the community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale... along with dark hooded figures and possible UFO sightings. Weird and wonderful. 15. The Author’s Voice