The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies – Signed Copy

Jo Lloyd

ISBN: 9781800750104S

£12.99

Signed hardback copy of The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies by Jo Lloyd

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Hand signed by Jo Lloyd to bespoke publishers bookplate

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Description

‘A major talent’ Hilary Mantel

Whether seeking knowledge, riches, or a better life, the characters in these stories are united by a quest for lasting value, as they ask how we should treat our world, our work, our selves, and each other. A vainglorious mine owner dreams of harnessing all of nature to the machinery of commerce. Two ladies of a certain age hunt rare butterflies in a pre-First World War Europe already experiencing the first bites of biodiversity loss. A climate campaigner must choose between personal happiness and political action. A rural Welsh community is fascinated and angered by glimpses of its invisible, wealthy neighbours.
Exact and lyrical, compassionate, and full of wit and truth, this debut collection from Jo Lloyd, winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, announces a fresh new voice with a sensibility all her own.

MEDIA REVIEWS

Jo Lloyd writes stories that have the epic sweep, sly humor, and cold, thrilling depths of Mavis Gallant and Jim Shepard, as well as an idiosyncratic brilliance that is hers alone. Her sentences could rouse the dead (and do, in this excellent book). — Karen Russell

Jo Lloyd’s voice is clear-sighted and timeless, and the stories in her debut collection are magnetic and prescient — Sara Baume

I would read anything with her name on it — Zoe Gilbert

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Format Hardback
Publisher Swift Press
Published 04/02/2021
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