The Tenderness of Wolves

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• 'The Tenderness of Wolves' by Stef Penney

  When Laurent Jammet, a French settler, is found brutally murdered in his shack in the frontier township of Dove River a whole chain of events is set in motion. It is 1867 and life on the edge of the Canadian wilderness is tough. It's even tougher whe ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

• The Tenderness of Wolves By Stef Penney

  Stef Penney's mesmerizing debut novel, winner of Britain's Costa Book of the Year Award (formerly the Whitbread Award), entertains on several levels. The Tenderness of Wolves is in part a murder mystery, opening with the brutal killing of a French-Ca ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Sat, 11 Sep 2010

8 Reviews

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  Excellent novel. Cold landscapes, travelled over by most of the characters. Themes of moving and finding.

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  Canda said on Dec 12, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Not bad

  I enjoyed reading it and the story is surely not predictable, but it seems to me that too many characters are left unfinished and the end too doesn't feel complete.
  Oh, and it's not about wolves, which is quite disappointing :(

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  Morgana said on Sep 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Very good

  Atmospheric, cold, brilliant description, slightly too long.

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  Pl0 said on Jun 19, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  a gripping novel packed with action!

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  Inaeugenia said on Apr 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  This one got under my skin very very subtly.....beautiful

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  Pia said on Dec 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

• Abandoned forever. Could not get it at all.

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  D said on Nov 25, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 466 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 1847240674
• ISBN-13: 9781847240675
• Publisher: Quercus
• Pub date: Feb 08, 2007
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