Set in South Yorkshire, this is the story of Colin's struggle to come to terms with his family - his mercurial, ambitious father, his deep-feeling, long-sufferi... » 

Set in South Yorkshire, this is the story of Colin's struggle to come to terms with his family - his mercurial, ambitious father, his deep-feeling, long-suffering mother - and to escape the stifling heritage of the raw mining community into which he was born. This book won the 1976 Booker Prize. «