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Join Meike Ziervogel and Anthony Cartwright for the 5th editorial meeting for Peirene Now! No 2, The Cut.
The Cut is a Brexit novel. The story offers a fictional response to a complex issue. It is also a plot-driven page-turner by one of the most exciting novelists in the country.
Cairo Jukes, a boxer from Dudley, supports himself on zero-hour contracts. He has grown up among the canals – or the cuts – that web the Black Country like the open veins of an old industrial order. Then he meets Grace, a successful documentary film maker from London.
The Cut will not put you at ease. It describes a relationship built on misunderstandings, intolerance and guilt – one where each side desires something that the other cannot give.
We funded this book through a Kickstarter campaign, in which we raised £6,745 with the help of 236 Peirene readers.
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‘A diamond-sharp novella…These are vividly imagined lives, rendered with the concise strokes of an experienced portraitist.’ Jude Cook, The Guardian
‘A sensitive response to the national aura of suspicion unleashed by Brexit.’ Jon Day, Financial Times
‘Cartwright’s depiction of Cairo’s inner life is a salient reminder of how few men outside of the middle classes are now the central subjects of British fiction.’ Daniel Clarke, TLS
‘A compelling protest against simple answers that lingers in the mind long after the final page.’ Wyl Menmuir
‘Cartwright returns to his familiar turf of the Black Country with gentleness and ruthless sincerity. A deeply poignant human story…and a relentlessly gripping tale.’ Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista
Buy the book: https://www.peirenepress.com/shop/books/the-cut/