"The audiobook is narrated by Wood, whose gentle and evocative delivery underlines Thomas's hard-bitten existence and his quiet longing for a different future. Available via Penguin Audio, 5hr 22min"
Thomas Flett rises at five, eats breakfast with his mother, and pulls on oilskins for shanking, dredging the seashore for shrimps at low tide with a horsedrawn cart. The work is hard, solitary, and dull, and Thomas feels older than his age because of the physical strain. He has done the same job his grandfather did, and men have worked it for centuries, but his heart is no longer in it due to poor pay. He dreams of being a folk singer and has been quietly writing songs. After coming home, he finds an American man, Edgar Acheson, drinking tea and claiming to be a movie director who wants to film on the beach for a fee, raising Thomas’s suspicions.
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