{"id":82,"date":"2025-01-04T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesflint.net\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-01-04T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T11:38:11","slug":"midland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamesflint.net\/?page_id=82","title":{"rendered":"Midland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Flint\u2019s talent and invention are unmistakable; his writing vigorous and beautiful”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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On his way <\/strong>back from a meeting one day, investment banker Alex Wold finds himself standing up to his waist in the Thames, trying to guide a lost bottlenose whale back out to the sea. Later, as he’s watching the continued rescue attempt on the news, his mother calls to tell him that Tony Nolan \u2013 her ex-husband and wealthy neighbour \u2013 has died of a sudden heart attack.

Following his unusual afternoon, Alex wonders if the universe is urging him to resolve the long-running feud with his environmentalist brother Matthew. As the Wolds and the Nolans all head back to Warwickshire for Tony\u2019s funeral the brothers have an opportunity to lay their conflict to rest. But Alex finds Matthew as angry as ever. He is unable to relinquish his obsession with Caitlin, Tony\u2019s troubled daughter, whose actions force both families to take a difficult journey into the past.

Midland<\/em> is a devastating exploration of what binds families together, and what tears them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAbsolutely stunning\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Tales before Bedtime<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA masterclass in storytelling\u201d<\/em> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

– Emma\u2019s Book Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA masterpiece of control\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Literary Shed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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