King of the badgers
By: Philip Hensher
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780865478633
Subjects: Missing children; Fiction
Description: Hanmouth, situated where the Hand River flows into the Bristol Channel, is usually quiet and undisturbed. But it becomes the center of national attention when an eight-year-old girl vanishes. This tragic event serves to expose the range of segregated existences in the town, as spectrums of class, wealth, and lifestyle are blurred in the investigation. Behind Hanmouth's closed doors and pastoral façade, the extraordinary individual lives of the community are laid bare.