The Adversary

WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD ''A vibrant historical novel... Potent'' New Yorker, Books of the Year In a remote Newfoundland port settlement, ruthless company man Abe Strapp is set to secure his dominance over the shore and its rich resources by marrying the daughter of a rival merchant - until the Widow Caines stands up in church and throws the wedding and Abe''s plans into chaos. As the bitter feud between these two competitors - each determined to ruin the person they despise most - spirals further into vendetta and violence, the locals too are forced to take sides, with devastating consequences. A compulsive, exuberant and uncompromising historical adventure to equal Deadwood or The North Water , The Adversary is a wildly entertaining evocation of power, grievance and retribution.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Crummey, Crummey Michael
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 24.07.2025
• EAN: 9781805228585
• ISBN: 978-1-80522-858-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general