# Living Nowhere

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- Authors: [John Burnside](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-burnside)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2014-04-03

## Description

Corby, the industrial new town built around a vast steel works, draws many to the fires of its furnaces - in the hope of steady work, a better house, a fresh start. Amongst them are Francis Cameron, from Scotland, and his friend Jan Ruckert, the son of Latvian refugees. Alienated, intelligent and curious, they form a strong and lasting bond: two teenage boys finding their feet in a foreign place. But violence hangs in the Corby air like the ash and the stench from the steel works, and when it comes down it is sudden and lethal - with repercussions that will last a lifetime. Living Nowhere is a story of friendship and loss - a resonant, thrilling book that carries at its core a beautiful and terrible secret.

## Editions

### Living Nowhere

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9944-855-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2014-04-03
- Language: en_GB