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Signals of Distress

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Set in the early-19th century, this novel tells of the effects on a small kelping village, when two ships caught in storms are forced to discharge their very different cargoes onto their beaches. This novel won the 1995 Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.

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Signals of Distress, Jim Crace

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1995
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Language
English
Authors
Jim Crace
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1995
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0140239715
ISBN13
9780140239713
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Set in the early-19th century, this novel tells of the effects on a small kelping village, when two ships caught in storms are forced to discharge their very different cargoes onto their beaches. This novel won the 1995 Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.