A review by angus_mckeogh
Elmet by Fiona Mozley

2.0

A strange allegory of the feudal nature of land and land ownership in the modern British era. The first third creeps along at a stultifying pace. Then appears an ostensible family of squatters or misfits choosing to live off the grid. A seemingly disconnected episode that mirrors a chunk of the movie, Rocky IV, where Rocky is getting ready to fight the Soviet boxer. Then a block of gratuitous violence to end the book. Let’s just say it was alright but I was expecting more, certainly nothing amazing.