Featherweight

'A gleeful, page-flipping read' Observer
'The ultimate summer escape' New York Times

One wrong move, one misstep, and the course of a life can be changed for ever.

Annie Perry is born beside the coal-muddied canals of the Black Country at the height of the industrial revolution. At nine years old she is sold for six guineas to the famous and feared bare-knuckle boxer Bill Perry, the Tipton Slasher. From that moment on, Annie will fight - for Bill and for her future.

A whole new world opens up to Annie, one of love, fortune and family, but also of great danger.

About the author

Mick Kitson was born in South Wales, and studied English at university before launching the prolific 80s pop band, The Senators, with his brother Jim. He worked as a journalist for several years, then went on to become an English teacher. His debut novel, Sal, was the winner of the Saltire First Book Award. Mick lives in Fife, Scotland.

Summary

A compelling story of overcoming all the odds, and a woman centuries ahead of her time, set on the canals of nineteenth-century England

Additional text

Sal is an inspiring novel that feels honest and fastidious. It introduces the theme of redemption and fresh beginnings without shying from the awful truth

Product details

• Authors: Mick Kitson
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.01.2022
• EAN: 9781838851958
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-195-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Midlands, FICTION / Sea Stories, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Modern and contemporary fiction, 1837–1901 (Victorian period)