The Champion
05 January 2012Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Charles Pemberton has lived all his life in the same small town. It’s been a good life, a safe life. Then, sauntering boldly into this privileged world, comes Clark ‘Large’ Rossiter, a working-class lad with an easy charm and insatiable ambition.
Large is out to upset the established order of things. He wants it all: money, status, the most desirable...
Details
05 January 2012352 pages
9780330513807Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘Written with considerable verve, Binding delights in exposing the timid complacency and selfish greed of Middle England’ Scotsman
‘This superlative novel is an achingly poignant, thoughtful, and involving satire.’ Tablet
‘A brilliant small-town story of Britain’s recent past . . . Magnificent’ The Times
