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Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers
Narrated by: Colin Mace, Hannah Barrie, Jimmy Chisholm, Rowena Gray, Samuel Edward Cook
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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Cuddy by Benjamin Myers, read by Colin Mace, Hannah Barrie, Jimmy Chisholm, Rowena Gray and Samuel Edward Cook.

**Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2023**
**Chosen as a book to watch out for in 2023 by The Times, Observer, Guardian, Irish Times and Scotsman**

'It’s a testament to the cast of five that they manage to unite these apparently disparate elements. The effect as each story gives way to the next is one of history ebbing and flowing, of individuals united by place and past.' FINANCIAL TIMES
‘An epic the north has long deserved’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘A sensational piece of storytelling … A singular and significant achievement’ GUARDIAN
‘Marvellous, artful, enchanted’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Cements Myers’s standing as one of our finest, and most deftly imaginative, writers' I NEWS

The triumphant new novel from the Walter Scott Prize-winning author of The Gallows Pole and The Offing

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England.

Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras – from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.

Along the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages.

And all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage – their dreams, desires, connections and communities.

©2023 Benjamin Myers (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Great listen

Didn’t like the 1st book I really don’t think it added anything. Great story well narrated.

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Benjamin Myers at his best!

I initially struggled to get into the story (the constant credits/references were annoying), but once past this it was a wonderful story across several centuries with fantastic and passionate natation throughout!!

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Story from different perspectives

Bit hard to follow at the beginning.Took me a while to get into the way it was written but then I was carried along as mesmerised as Cuddy's followers.

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Great mixture of fact and fiction about St Cuthbert.

After a bit of a slow start I really found this fascinating- loved learning about Durham Cathedral and the tales about St Cuthbert. There’s so much poetry in Meyers’ writing that it made really good listening. Occasionally the accents were a bit dodgy in the two main narrators but it didn’t detract from the beauty of the story and the moving and at times spirituality of the characters’ stories.

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Underwhelmed

Really wanted to like this, sadly couldn't get absorbed, found some of the narration unclear and jarring. I might go back and give it a second chance sometime.

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This book made me want to be a Stonemason

Another tremendous book from Benjamin Myers who seems so effortlessly to transport me to another time, another place and perhaps, another plane. Beautifully narrated too.

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Century spanning epic

Four beautifully narrated and captivating tales which span centuries and cleverly interlink. It will make you want to visit Durham cathedral

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Beautiful stories

Beautiful stories, beautifully told by North Eastern narrators, charting the story of the patron saint of North East England and his profound effect on the culture of our region.

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Jarring OTT narration

An imaginative literary effort to bring immediacy, intimacy and enliven the deep affection St Cuthbert may have been regarded with in his lifetime.
The narration is drooly and sycophantic, to some extent this is demanded by the content.

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Be patient with the lists of references

This is a brilliant book - Myers is easily my favourite author and this doesn’t disappoint. Being a born and bred southerner, I knew nothing of Cuthbert and his significance in the history of the north of England, so to have this story brought to life in such an emotional, poetic and real way was just such a treat. Loved all the characters

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