The Redeemed, Tim Pears
The Redeemed, Tim Pears
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The Redeemed

Author: Tim Pears

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2019

Synopsis

It is 1916. The world has gone to war, and young Leo Sercombe, hauling coal aboard the HMS Queen Mary, is a long way from home. The wild, unchanging West Country roads of his boyhood seem very far away from life aboard a battlecruiser. Skimming through those West Country roads on her motorcycle, Lottie Prideaux defies the expectations of her class and sex as she covertly studies to be a vet. In a world torn asunder by war, everything dances in flux: how can the old ways life survive, and how can the future be imagined, in the face of such unimaginable change? How can Leo, lost and wandering in the strange and brave new world, ever hope to find his way home?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eleanor

Tim Pears might be British literature's best-kept secret. (It used to be Sarah Moss, but I think she's hitting the big time now, despite her lack of prize wins.) The Redeemed is the third in his West Country Trilogy, of which I have only read the second (The Wanderers), but with which I am neverthel......more

Goodreads review by Andy

The final instalment of Pears’s West Country trilogy had a lot to do to live up to its predecessors. There’s no need for concern though as the quality of writing continues to enthrall in its description of the lives of young Leo and Charlotte. As the novel starts they are 16 years old having not see......more

Goodreads review by Cornelius

3.5 stars, however I've sprinkled generosity as the two previous volumes in this trilogy were stunning - this echoes another "horse" sequence - Cormac McCarthy's Border trilogy - first volume, All the Pretty Horses is great, second volume, The Crossing, is a masterpiece, third volume, Cities of the......more

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