TOM BENN In Person With Paul
TOM BENN chats to Paul Burke about his quasi-crime novel OXBLOOD, teaching creative writing, book prizes, being/not being a film maker and avoiding the nostalgic postcard.
Oxblood: Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby and the ghost of a murdered lover.
Over the course of a few days, Nedra, Carol and Jan must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break…
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