The Dig: A Novel Based on True Events
John Preston$16.14
$18.99
SOON TO BE A FILM FROM NETFLIX STARRING LILY JAMES, CAREY MULLIGAN, AND RALPH FIENNES. A succinct and witty literary venture that tells the strange story of a priceless treasure discovered in East Anglia on the eve of World War II
In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 04/19/2016
ISBN: 9781590517802
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2016
Booklist 03/15/2016 pg. 31
Library Journal 03/15/2016 pg. 105
In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 04/19/2016
ISBN: 9781590517802
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2016
Booklist 03/15/2016 pg. 31
Library Journal 03/15/2016 pg. 105