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Poppyland
by DJ Taylor
Book 15 of Salt Modern Stories
Pub Date
2 Jun 2025
| Archive Date
3 May 2025
Description
Synopsis
On Stewkey Blues: ‘In his solid, grounded, entertaining collection of stories, DJ Taylor draws out the mythical qualities of East Anglia’s terrain, urban or rural or somewhere marginal in between.’ —Hillary Mantel
Most of the people in Poppyland are watching their lives begin to blur at the margins. From small-hours taxi offices, out-of-season holiday estates and flyblown market stalls, they sit observing an environment that seems to be moving steadily out of kilter, struggling to find agency, making compromises with a world that threatens to undermine them, and sometimes – but only sometimes – taking a decisive step that will change their destinies.
Synopsis
On Stewkey Blues: ‘In his solid, grounded, entertaining collection of stories, DJ Taylor draws out the mythical qualities of East Anglia’s terrain, urban or rural or somewhere marginal in...
Description
Synopsis
On Stewkey Blues: ‘In his solid, grounded, entertaining collection of stories, DJ Taylor draws out the mythical qualities of East Anglia’s terrain, urban or rural or somewhere marginal in between.’ —Hillary Mantel
Most of the people in Poppyland are watching their lives begin to blur at the margins. From small-hours taxi offices, out-of-season holiday estates and flyblown market stalls, they sit observing an environment that seems to be moving steadily out of kilter, struggling to find agency, making compromises with a world that threatens to undermine them, and sometimes – but only sometimes – taking a decisive step that will change their destinies.
A Note From the Publisher
Poppyland moves on from D.J. Taylor's Stewkey Blues (2022) to offer more pitch-perfect reportage from his native Norfolk (and beyond it), bringing together a succession of characters who are hanging on from the lives they lead, in an attempt to do for the world of Norwich, Cromer, Hunstanton and Bacton what Annie Proulx does for Wyoming
Poppyland moves on from D.J. Taylor's Stewkey Blues (2022) to offer more pitch-perfect reportage from his native Norfolk (and beyond it), bringing together a succession of characters who are...
A Note From the Publisher
Poppyland moves on from D.J. Taylor's Stewkey Blues (2022) to offer more pitch-perfect reportage from his native Norfolk (and beyond it), bringing together a succession of characters who are hanging on from the lives they lead, in an attempt to do for the world of Norwich, Cromer, Hunstanton and Bacton what Annie Proulx does for Wyoming
Marketing Plan
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Review coverage: Big Issue, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Observer, Telegraph, Times, Sunday Times • Events include: Launches at Bookhive, Waterstones Norwich and Jarrolds as well as...
Marketing Plan
Review coverage: Big Issue, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Observer, Telegraph, Times, Sunday Times • Events include: Launches at Bookhive, Waterstones Norwich and Jarrolds as well as Ketts Bookshop in Wymondham • National and Regional select press features: Esquire, Guardian Podcast, Shortlist, Metro • Broadcast opportunities: Monocle, Talk Radio, Front Row.
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781784633462 |
| PRICE |
£9.99 (GBP)
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| PAGES |
208
|
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781784633462 |
| PRICE |
£9.99 (GBP)
|
| PAGES |
208
|
Available on NetGalley
NetGalley Reader (PDF)
NetGalley Shelf App (PDF)
Send to Kindle (PDF)
Download (PDF)
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