The Tenderness of Wolves

LoveReading Says

Shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.

Winner of the  Costa Book of the Year 2006.

A big sweeping drama set in an icy Canada of 1867.  A trapper is murdered, a young man disappears into the wilderness, agents from the Hudson Bay Company are called for and a small settlement is in turmoil.  Trackers arrive, secrets appear, love blossoms, duty calls … and the whole mystery and adventure is revealed to us through different voices in a thoroughly intriguing manner.  I found this very difficult to put down, it haunted me until I could come to it again.  Full of strong characters and magnificently visual descriptions, it is a wonderful read.

Similar this month: None but try James Morrow.
Comparison: Alistair MacLeod, Joseph Boyden, Leif Enger.

Costa Book Awards 2006 Judges' comment: "The Tenderness of Wolves  is atmospheric, gripping and compassionate and perfectly evokes the snowy wastes of nineteenth-century Canada."

Reviewed by Sarah Broadhurst
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About The Tenderness of Wolves

1867, Canada - As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man's cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the township - journalists, Hudson's Bay Company men, trappers, traders - but do they want to solve the crime, or exploit it?

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