Description
A new novel from a prize-nominated rising star set in the merciless landscape of tenth-century Iceland.
About the Author
Tim Leach is a graduate of the Warwick Writing Programme, where he now teaches as an Assistant Professor. His first novel, The Last King of Lydia, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Reviews
Smile of the Wolf bares its fangs from the first page. Like a medieval tapestry, the storytelling is rich with imagery. Readers will be lured spellbound into this lyrical and evocative Icelandic saga. It deserves huge success -- David Gilman
A thoughtful, literary take on a world that is more often depicted in a boy's adventure way. The focus in Leach's book is not on the fighting, but on the strange, inescapable logic that makes the fighting inevitable * The Times *
An epic story of exile and revenge set in the snows of Iceland * Sheffield Telegraph *
A poetic, absorbing narrative with many of the same qualities as the medieval Icelandic sagas that it echoes and reimagines * Sunday Times *
Through him we understand the pitiless code of honour which drives almost everyone in the story to destruction - we understand, and we care * Historical Novel Society *
Leach's gift for conjuring up the past is underappreciated * Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
Tim Leach is good at ratcheting up the tension * Times, Books of the Year *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788544122
Author Tim Leach
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC