“Not only one of my books of the year, but it also has my cover of the year: Sergeant Pepper meets The Omen by way of 1930s paperbacks. *Please note that this product can only be shipped within North America The Gallows Pole was signed on in the UK by Bloomsbury (home of Harry Potter), along with Myers’ back-list and optioned for film by Element Pictures (The Favorite, Room, This Must Be The Place). This USA and Canada edition of the breakthrough independent United Kingdom novel includes an exclusive Foreword by author Benjamin Myers. It is a novel set in the past that can tell us much about the present and future. A story based on true history, The Gallows Pole also explores contemporary themes including wealth, abuse of power, class, corruptions, borders and boundaries and national identity. However, this could only be Robin Hood if he was really violent, lusty, and greedy. King David Hartley could be described, too, as Yorkshire’s Robin Hood. An English western, The Gallows Pole is a poetic and visceral telling of a secret history and a wild landscape. Lead by the charismatic “King” David Hartley, a man prone to violence and mystical visions, the Coiners rise to glory until the bloody murder of a government official brings them to the attention of the authorities. Set in the moorland hills of 18th century Yorkshire, The Gallows Pole is the true story of an organized crime of forgers known as the Cragg Vale Coiners. Third Man Books debut fiction novel, The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers, is for fans of Cormac McCarthy, Ted Hughes, Daniel Woodrell, David Peace. Winner of the 2018 Walter Scott Prize, the world’s largest prize for historical fiction. “Atmospheric alt-crime at its best." – NME
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