{"product_id":"the-borrowed-hills-9781399812849b","title":"The Borrowed Hills","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2025\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Viscerally vivid . . . a sucker-punch of a novel, edged with knife-sharp black humour and shot through with moments of startling beauty . . . half Tarantino and half pitch-black northern realism' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tremendously exciting novel . . . A brilliantly realized voice: Steve's every utterance is the product of where he comes from . . . as blunt and brutal as the fells he works among' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith foot and mouth disease spreading across the hills of Cumbria, emptying the valleys of sheep and filling the skies with smoke, two neighbouring shepherds lose everything and put aside their rivalry to join forces. They set their sights on a wealthy farm in the south with its flock of prize-winning animals. So begins the dark tale of Steve Elliman and William Herne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir sheep rustling leads to more and more difficult decisions, and Steve's only distraction is his growing fascination with William's enigmatic and independent wife, Helen. As their home comes under the sway of a lawless outsider, it is left to Steve to save himself and Helen in a savage conflict that threatens an ancient way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyrical, cinematic and steeping in folklore, Scott Preston creates an uncompromising vision of farmers lost in brutal devotion to their flocks, the aching love affairs that men and women use to sustain themselves and the painful consequences of a breathtaking heist gone bad. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Borrowed Hills\u003c\/span\u003e is a thrilling adventure that reimagines the American Western for the fells of northern England.","brand":"John Murray Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823862714448,"sku":"9781399812849B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399812849-l.jpg?v=1785894243","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-borrowed-hills-9781399812849b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}