RE4DINGS: Stevan Alcock reads from Blood Relatives

In the latest instalment of 4th Estate’s regular video series RE4DINGS, we wanted to celebrate the paperback release of Stevan Alcock’s incredible debut novel Blood Relatives.

RE4DINGS looks to introduce viewers to the enthralling personalities behind the books we publish, and this edition is no different. Stevan’s rendition of the opening section of his novel captures perfectly the mix of nostalgia and stark, gruesome violence that permeates his writing. And he delivers it all with that unique voice: a Yorkshire lilt, as refreshing as a can of Corona cream soda.

In Blood Relatives Rick, a teenager from Leeds, and a delivery van boy for Corona pop, suddenly finds his life intertwined with an ominous figure that spreads terror through mid-seventies Britain: The Yorkshire Ripper. Set in a time in England’s history of upheaval and change – both personal and social – this is a story described by the Guardian as ‘radical’ and ‘exuberant’.

Blood Relatives

Add to Cart

Subscribe to the 4th Estate podcast here.

[silverpop]

If you enjoyed this, try:

Other Articles

Eleanor Wasserberg introduces The Light at the End of the Day

If I invite you over for dinner with my family, be warned, it tends to go like this: we have wine, and then we start talking about the Holocaust. Read More

Sarah Aspinall introduces Diamonds at the Lost and Found

For readers of Hideous Kinky, Dadland and Bad Blood; the astonishing, beguiling story of Sarah Aspinall’s harum scarum childhood, and a love letter to a woman who defied convention to live a life less ordinary. Read More

Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

An introduction I have been asked to write a few words about the origins of my debut novel, Valentine. This should be a simple enough task, and one that every writer who is fortunate enough to sell her book should be prepared to complete in a timely fashion. Read More