Oxblood

**Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022**'A rich archive of bygone badness' THE TIMES 'An absolute triumph: complex, haunting and powerful, this is a blazing tale of complicity, shame, love and hope' GUARDIAN'Powerful and so beautifully written' HARRIET TYCE, Sunday Times-bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE________________________________________________________________Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby. Matriarch Nedra presides over the household, which bustles with activity as she prepares the welcome feast for her grandson Kelly's return from prison. Her grieving daughter-in-law Carol is visited by both the welcome, intimate ghost of her...