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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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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- Signals of Distress
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jim Crace
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140239715
- ISBN13
- 9780140239713
- Series
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 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.




