Winner of the Not the Booker prize 2011!
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"KING CROW is a gripping and moving story told in a unique, yet authentic Northern voice. It is a brilliant first novel and the best debut I have read in a long time. I am excited and intrigued about what Michael Stewart will write next."
David Peace, author of The Damned Utd
“My bus stop is approaching, but there are five pages of King Crow left. What’s the decision? I miss my stop to finish the novel... a piece of work that rattles along at breakneck speed... a gripping read... will keep readers intrigued right to the end.”
Nick Ahad, The Yorkshire Post
Review from Scott Pack, ex-chief fiction buyer at Waterstone’s and publisher at Harper Collins, blogging at Me and My Big Mouth Jan 2011
Review from Huddersfield Examiner Jan 2011
"On a nightmare train journey home, luckily I had a book with me. It was called King Crow. It saved my sanity. I think I would have been riveted by this even if I hated birds. Lovely stuff. Very very good. Thank you.”
David Nobbs, author of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Review from Telegraph and Argus Feb 2011
“Michael Stewart is a fascinating new voice, and King Crow is a fine debut novel. Part action thriller, part psychological drama, part birding manual, I’ve come across nothing quite like it. It’s a fascinating example of modern fiction at its innovative best.”
Melvin Burgess, author of Junk
Review from Manchester Evening News