Offing
It took me a month to read "Entangled Life" by Merlin Sheldrake but "The Offing" by Benjamin Myers only took a week. The novel flowed and made me hungry to read on. The language was rich and fulsome - almost as if Myers was moulding clay or enjoying a good meal. The only other book by Myers I had read was "The Gallows Pole", recommended here in the blogosphere by Thelma from "North Stoke". That was a great read. I reviewed it here . So when Shirley told me that her reading group would be talking about "The Offing", I asked her to pass the book on to me when she was done with it. I was not disappointed. The novel tells the story of a young coal miner's son called Robert Appleyard who, just after World War II leaves his home in County Durham to have adventures that will keep him away from the pit that is meant to be his destiny. Near Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of North Yorkshire he encounters a rebellious and intellectual...