Five Days of Fog
Peaky Blinders with a feminist twist
by Anna Freeman
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Pub Date 15 Nov 2018 | Archive Date 15 Nov 2018
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Description
'Think Patrick Hamilton meets Peaky Blinders with a feminist twist' Metro
'A cinematic, rogueish, and utterly entertaining page-turner by the queen of feisty historical women. Goes down in one jewel-fisted slug' Abigail Tarttelin, author of DEAD GIRLS
'A gripping, greasy, gritty thriller' Red
'An exceptional work of historical fiction' NetGalley
'Based on the real-life, all-female gang, the Forty Elephants, FIVE DAYS OF FOG is told with verve and style' Bookseller
'My mum always said, a fistful of rings is as good as a knuckleduster'
As the Great Smog falls over London in 1952, Florrie Palmer has a choice to make.
Will she stay with the Cutters, a gang of female criminals who have terrorized London for years and are led by her own mother? Or leave it all behind to make a safer, duller life with the man she loves? And what will she do if she's too crooked to go straight, and too good to go bad?
Over the next five days, Florrie will have to find her own path and the courage to stumble along it - in a fog so thick that she can't see her own feet.
Following the last days of a crumbling female gang in post-war London, this is a story of family, of love, of finding your way, and of deciphering a route through the greyest areas of morality.
Praise for THE FAIR FIGHT:
'The Fair Fight is a hugely exciting and entertaining novel, written with warmth, charm, authority and, above all, terrific flair. I loved it' Sarah Waters
'This storming debut is fiction at its most absorbing. It'll be first in line for Freeman's next offering' Stylist
'A brilliant, bold and unforgettable debut. Freeman transports us to a history we'd never have imagined and makes it viscerally real' Nathan Filer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780297871996 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 368 |
Featured Reviews
Laura E, Reviewer
This book is very much about family dynamics within a rather unusual family. It has a really good ending, and without saying too much all I mean is that it is one of those books that finishes and feels properly finished as it’s wrapped nicely.
The author to a degree has based this book on the Great Smog that descended London in 1952 for four and a half days. This must have been such an oppressive depressing time and the author beautifully brings this across in her descriptive writing.
The author also read a lot of anecdotal accounts, journalism pieces and various other books on the Great Smog together with books on known gangs that operated during this time. These well researched ideas have all come together to produce in my opinion a thoroughly entertaining read.
Sandra R, Reviewer
The story is set in London in 1952 and set around the "real" great smog when London was hit with impenetrable fog for a period of time,
Ruby, the Queen of the Cutters is waiting to get released from Holloway Prison and her daughter Florrie is wanting a different life and she's not sure how her mum will take it. She's got a boy, her second cousin Ted and wants to go on the straight and narrow.
The Cutters, are an all female shoplifting gang with very strong characters including Maggie & Ada, who've shared the same man. The characters and scenes are absolutely captivating - you can imagine yourself there. With the post war houses, WWII bomb sites and cafe's selling stale cakes and weak tea (and dare I say it, out and about with the girls!)
They do get themselves into many a scrape and cousin Nell, who proves herself to be a "Palmer" through and through but not through choice but circumstance. I adored especially Florrie and Nell. An absolute triumph of a book which I adored.
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