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The Siege of Trencher's Farm

Gordon M. Williams

3.48 · Rating details · 442 ratings · 61 reviews

The original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie Straw Dogs was based, and the inspiration behind a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011.

American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George ...more

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Published August 16th 2011 by Titan Books (first published 1969)

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Aug 12, 2011 Randy rated it it was amazing

This is a reissue of the long out of print novel that was the basis for the 1971 Sam Peckinpah film STRAW DOGS, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The film was banned for 26 years in England for it's graphic violence(what else could you expect from a Peckinpah film) and treatment of women.

American professor George Magruder and his British wife, Louise, along with their daughter Karen, take a six month lease on an isolated home known locally as Trencher's Farm in order for him to fin This is a reissue of the long out of print novel that was the basis for the 1971 Sam Peckinpah film STRAW DOGS, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The film was banned for 26 years in England for it's graphic violence(what else could you expect from a Peckinpah film) and treatment of women.

American professor George Magruder and his British wife, Louise, along with their daughter Karen, take a six month lease on an isolated home known locally as Trencher's Farm in order for him to finish his book.

It's nearing Christmas and things are not going well for the Magruders. He's not accepted by the locals when he stops in a pub for a beer. "Rich American!" Louise and he are arguing, the kind where both parties say hurtful things they don't really mean.

They attend a local Christmas party in an attempt to heal things. It doesn't go well. Santa scares a young local girl, mentally challenged, and she rushes out into the snow storm, quickly getting lost. Hunting parties are organized to find her. George decides to take his family home and return to help look for the girl.

At the same time, a car wreck his freed a convicted murderer, Henry Niles, of three little girls, brought into the village for a medicinal shot. With the mind of a small child himself, he's been a patient at a mental asylum down the road for nine years.

George and Louise are arguing on the way home when a severely cold Niles rears up in front of their car and is struck. Not realizing who he is at first, they get him into the car and get home where they can call the doctor. By then they have learned his identity.

The phone call sets in motion a number of things. The roads are snowed in and the police can't get there for a while. Word quickly spreads about Niles and a small party arrives demanding the child-like killer. They are easily fended off. Then the missing girl's father joins the party, with a shotgun. All are drunk and still drinking.

Then begins the siege.

And George Magruder, an academic and a mild mannered man is called upon to do things he never would have imagined. When a neighbor tries to disarm the father, he's accidentally killed and the four men realize something. Prison faces them and one has already served a stretch. Memories of an incident told them by their parents, a rapist brutally slain by a pack and never caught because no one talks, tells them what they have to do.

The police are walking in from nine miles away, the phone lines have been cut, and George Magruder stands between an armed mob and his family.

I've never seen the movie, but a Wikipedia entry shows there were considerable changes, though the basic plot is there. The new film moves the location to Los Angeles.

I was caught up in the action in this one. ...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Chris Meigh rated it liked it

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The Siege of Trenchers Farm, a very good book that inspired a great film. Though half the book was about two or three hours on Christmas in the village of Dando, Gordon Williams manages to make it exciting and extremely tense. The book is clearly written and I particularly liked the way the "locals" spoke in their own dialect. The only criticism I have is that i found the end a little anti-climatic, but having said that I enjoyed reading the journey. ...more

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Jan 19, 2016 Peter Ayscough rated it liked it

Probably most people that have an interest in this book will have been drawn to it by an interest in the films (Straw Dogs) which it inspired. It's therefore probably worth establishing straight away that the films (at least the first one - I haven't seen the remake) divert from the book quite substantially. Some main differences (note - some of the following might be considered spoilers) are:

- In the film (as I recall), the village was the wife's childhood home. In the book this is not the case Probably most people that have an interest in this book will have been drawn to it by an interest in the films (Straw Dogs) which it inspired. It's therefore probably worth establishing straight away that the films (at least the first one - I haven't seen the remake) divert from the book quite substantially. Some main differences (note - some of the following might be considered spoilers) are:

- In the film (as I recall), the village was the wife's childhood home. In the book this is not the case. She was from England, but not from this village.
- In the book, the protagonists have a young daughter who is living with them.
- In the film, some of the local ruffians are working on the house - this doesn't happen in the book.
- Likewise, The shooting expedition with the protagonist and the ruffians doesn't take place in the book.
- Part of the story in the film involves the rape of the wife. This is absent from the book.

There are plenty of other differences, but I think you get the idea. Addressing the book independently of the film/s, first I have to point out that this was definitely a page-turner. I don't generally read thrillers, so the experience of getting no sleep due to not being able to put a book down, was pretty new to me. I found it very engaging.

Secondly, its core concepts, in the context of present-day gender politics, seem embarrassingly archaic. So much so that I expect there will be readers who will be uncomfortable and possibly even angry, or maybe bemused by some of the old-fashioned attitudes that are pivotal to this book. One of its central themes is that the wife does not respect the husband until he:

A) Discards his consistently patient and reasonable approach to her, and starts instead, exercising old-fashioned brute male power over her, and
B) Discards his faith in pacifism and intellectual rationality, and instead embraces his violent potential, to meet the violence that surrounds him.

As a male, born and raised during the time this novel was written, I personally felt quite self-conscious about the gut-level attraction I felt for it. It probably worked on my reptilian brain, or something. I related to the male protagonist and felt excitement with each new milestone he met on his personal journey from ineffectual egghead to supra-violent alpha male. Yet at the end of the novel I had to reconcile my enjoyment of reading it with my overwhelming rejection of its thesis. The set of values that provide direction to my life are founded on the same reasonable, rational and pacific ideals our hero comes to eventually leave behind in the book.

And therein lies its strength: The novel is fundamentally about the dichotomy between reasoned approach and gut instinct. And if, having read it, you are compelled to question yourself along these lines; if you need to have a slightly uncomfortable dialogue with your own psyche and look into what it is that actually motivates you, then I think it can probably be said to have succeeded, at least on one level. ...more

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Apr 07, 2014 Robert Beveridge rated it liked it

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Gordon Williams, The Siege at Trencher's Farm (Dell, 1969)
[originally posted 17Sep2001]

Sam Peckinpah and Dustin Hoffman immortalized Williams' little morality tale in the early 70s with the film Straw Dogs. In true Peckinpah style, the source material was gutted, twisted, and ripped to shreds. The Siege at Trencher's Farm itself, while not exactly a model of stiff-upper-lip British reserve, is to Straw Dogs what Saving Private Ryan is to the sanitized war films of the fifties.

Williams gives us a ...more

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Sep 14, 2011 Amelia M.A. rated it liked it

Since when is a civil society looked upon as a bad thing? I’m not sure I agree with the whole outlook, but somehow, Williams makes this perspective on life work for the story.

Intriguing concepts of civility kept the wheel in my head turning like a hamster in a cage. In contrast, the explicit aggression and hunger for violence that the townspeople have is jaw-dropping and eye-popping. In short, this is anything but a dull read.

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Jun 21, 2009 Charles rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I thought it was really good. Good action sequences, very visceral and visual.

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Jun 07, 2014 Stylo Fantome rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Okay, so this book isn't for everyone. There is a lot of violence and cheating and aggression and uber-creepiness in it.

Now that THAT'S out of the way.

I. Love. This. Book.

Which is a surprise, because I absolutely HATED both movies. HATED, with a passion, like they had called my momma fat, hated. Even Alexander Skarsgard in all his glory could not save the modern remake. The only good thing in the entire movie was the siege at the end, and Mr. Marsden. Even then, I pretty much just wanted to vomi Okay, so this book isn't for everyone. There is a lot of violence and cheating and aggression and uber-creepiness in it.

Now that THAT'S out of the way.

I. Love. This. Book.

Which is a surprise, because I absolutely HATED both movies. HATED, with a passion, like they had called my momma fat, hated. Even Alexander Skarsgard in all his glory could not save the modern remake. The only good thing in the entire movie was the siege at the end, and Mr. Marsden. Even then, I pretty much just wanted to vomit for most of the film, that's how much I disliked it.

Then I found out it was re-make. What? And Dustin Hoffman was in the original - I love Dustin Hoffman! And the film was so controversial it was BANNED from the UK!? Holy crap, I'm gonna watch that NOW! It MUST be better!

Wrong. It was exactly the same. Such a waste of time. But one thing came out of it - I noticed in the credits that the screenplay was based on a little book called "The Siege of Trencher's Farm". So sick curiosity made me look it up, and it looked ..., different. I loved the concept of the film, a siege, protecting a house, blah blah, so maybe with a couple tweaks, the book could be good?

The book, to me, was completely different from the movie. I just cannot understand why the movies deviated SO MUCH from the book! The ONLY similarities are the fact that a group of people converge on a house with the intent to break in and cause harm.

THAT IS IT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS DIFFERENT.

I liked George. I hated his wife, but I could understand her feelings.

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This book is an intense, wild ride. I really liked it a lot. If you don't mind being taken out of your comfort zone and you like a book that kinda wraps around your brain like a fog and creeps you out and makes you think about it long after it's done, whether in a bad way or a good way I'm not sure, then this book is for you. ...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Kelly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Rating: 4.5 stars
The movie Straw Dogs was based on this book - the original with Dustin Hoffman (1971), and the new remake with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and the hot guy from True Blood (2011). I haven't seen either movie yet, so I don't know how they compare to the novel.

Young married couple George and Louise Magruder are considered outsiders when they rent an old farmhouse in a small English town for the winter. Just like your typical rednecks in any small southern U.S. town, the locals d ...more

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Sep 01, 2011 EZRead eBookstore rated it liked it

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From civility to brutality – that is the backwards evolution of this book. And, instead of giving a feeling of recession, this change in character is portrayed as a means of progression. Since when is a civil society looked upon as a bad thing? I’m not sure I agree with the whole outlook, but somehow, Williams makes this perspective on life work for the story.

George is an educated man who believes in being rational. Succumbing to brute force with people is animalistic in his eyes. Of course, whe ...more

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Jul 31, 2018 Daniel Polansky added it

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An effeminate American professor and his shrewish, beautiful wife, find themselves besieged by inbred English peasants. It can be a thin line between examining our instincts for violence indiscriminately glorifying in them, and this taught little thriller, the basis for the Peckinpah classic Straw Dogs (and, apparently, a no doubt horrible remake), doesn’t quite meet the line. The first three quarters are a razor-sharp dissection of the fears and anxieties which are the core of masculine self-id ...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Paula rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller, books-to-movies

I was engrossed in this book from beginning to end. A man is simply trying to finish a book, moves to England, his wife's home, and finds himself in the middle of a culture that is isolated with quirky folks, volitile twists, and a writer who finds himself and his family in a demanding situation!

Book is excellent, movie was a winner! ...more

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Jun 10, 2010 Thom Dunn marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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Mar 01, 2018 MrsPyramidhead rated it it was amazing

This book was well written and fast paced once I got past the first few pages. The movie and book are quite a bit different but both are very good in there own way. Definitely worth a read. I really enjoyed this story.

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Dec 30, 2011 Samantha rated it liked it

After watching the 2011 Straw Dogs, I knew I had to read this book. In all honesty, it was a little disappointing. I knew it wouldn't be too much like the film, but I was expecting something I couldn't put down.

The main thing that REALLY irritated me was the British author's depiction of Americans. It was offensive or anything, it just wasn't realistic in the slightest. Don't get me wrong, I love British books - Georgia Nicholson is one of my favorite characters (albeit that is YA writing and th After watching the 2011 Straw Dogs, I knew I had to read this book. In all honesty, it was a little disappointing. I knew it wouldn't be too much like the film, but I was expecting something I couldn't put down.

The main thing that REALLY irritated me was the British author's depiction of Americans. It was offensive or anything, it just wasn't realistic in the slightest. Don't get me wrong, I love British books - Georgia Nicholson is one of my favorite characters (albeit that is YA writing and this book was in a different category). George, the American husband, would frequently say British things, which wouldn't have been that annoying except that on occasion the author would try to make George sound more American by saying things like, "You guys are going to pay for this!" Not only does that sentence sound stumbly and awkward, but you'd be lucky to hear a 12 year old American boy say it.

Aside from the awful depiction of American language, the book got much more interesting towards the end. Although it is sexist, I did rather enjoy the part about Louise thinking George wasn't a real man until he slapped her. I was glad he slapped her, she was getting really annoying! Karen sort of felt like an afterthought, but I think the author was pretty accurate in showing how George kept forgetting she and Niles were there - he was too hell-bent on protecting his domicile. I think the story in general was very plausible. One thing I liked compared to the film is that you actually get some background info on Niles (his name is different in the film, Jeremy I think?). In the movie, he seemed like a random character that only served as an ignition for the siege or whatever you want to call it. In the book, however, you actually learn what happened to him, why he's a child molester, all that. He is also a complex character because the others feel both pity and disgust towards him. I like how the author made George into a guy protecting his home, not defending Niles. Truly, Niles is not a major part of the story. George even mentions it a few times that he is simply pissed they're trying to force their way into his home uninvited, and no matter who Niles is George isn't letting those jerks inside. I like that, and I like that he doesn't just give Niles up.

As the situation increases in intensity, George really does change. He gets more confident and he gets over his aversion to violence. He really does turn into a man, those reviews are true. Both he and Louise become far less annoying and almost admirable as the story unfolds.

So overall, I would say this is a good book. I didn't really get pulled in until the last thirty pages or so, but then again I wouldn't normally pick up this type of book. I like the idea a lot and I think Gordon Williams is a good author - aside from George saying very British things or very butchered American things, it wasn't terribly obvious it was a British novel. So I would say I liked it, but it wasn't really what I was expecting, which is why it gets three stars. ...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Samantha Leighanne rated it liked it

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American professor George Macgruder has traveled to England with his British wife and daughter in hopes of finding a quiet place to finish his book. They rent an old house known as Trencher's Farm in a small village. It's the holiday season and in the middle of a snow storm on their way home, they accidentally hit a child killer who's escaped from a mental institution. Being the nice people that they are, they bring the man home and await the arrival of the police and a doctor. But a group of lo American professor George Macgruder has traveled to England with his British wife and daughter in hopes of finding a quiet place to finish his book. They rent an old house known as Trencher's Farm in a small village. It's the holiday season and in the middle of a snow storm on their way home, they accidentally hit a child killer who's escaped from a mental institution. Being the nice people that they are, they bring the man home and await the arrival of the police and a doctor. But a group of locals learns that they're holding the killer and a chain of events begins to unfold that will leave George fighting for his life as well as that of his family.

This chronicles a man who is in the fight of his life, for both his own life and his wife and daughters. And it was just...okay. It was fantastic and it wasn't horrible either. You spend the first half of the book leading up to the accident, then everything after that goes downhill.
Louise, George's wife, is pretty much a giant bitch. This book is as much about their relationship as it is about these crazy things that are happening. Louise feels like she's been taking care of George for years and now she has all sorts of resentment towards him and even their daughter.
There were some transitions in this that I really hated. One minute you're in the Macgruder home and you're with Lousie and Karen, and the next paragraph you're in the local pub. Normally, there will be an elongated space or a little marker, showing a change is perspective and there wasn't anything like that, so there were moments of super confusion.

But, it was pretty suspenseful. There were moments where you really wondered if George would do anything to defend his family or if he would let them all get killed. Then you are wondering what the hell the crazy people are going to do next, so that made the suspense worth it.

Like I said, this book was okay. If you like suspense, then you should give this book a shot. I can't compare it to the movie, so if that's what you were hoping for, sorry. 2.75 out of 5 stars, which I rounded up to 3. If I had a hard copy of this book, I'd swap it, or sell it to a used bookstore. ...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Jonathan Sturak rated it really liked it

George Magruder is a civilized man, a man who doesn’t believe in violence or guns. He believes in the advancement of mankind, using debate and discussion to address problems. George is an American. He married a Brit named Louise and together they have a young impressionable daughter. The Magruder family has been living in Louise's country for several months as George works on a research paper. They have bypassed the civilized city, renting a sprawling home called “Trencher’s Farm” inside a myste George Magruder is a civilized man, a man who doesn’t believe in violence or guns. He believes in the advancement of mankind, using debate and discussion to address problems. George is an American. He married a Brit named Louise and together they have a young impressionable daughter. The Magruder family has been living in Louise's country for several months as George works on a research paper. They have bypassed the civilized city, renting a sprawling home called “Trencher’s Farm” inside a mysterious village in the fringes of England, miles away from London, miles away from the rest of the world.

As George, the civilized outsider, complains to his wife about the uncivilized village surrounding him, a storm begins brewing. George is about to clash with a group of locals who wants to bury him and his family along with the other secrets plaguing this backwater village.

During a series of bizarre mishaps, George finds himself harboring a legally insane pedophile as a group of hostile men, under the influence of not only alcohol, but years of repression, attempts to breach his house. A blizzard has crippled this small village, but it hasn’t crippled the action unfolding at Trencher’s Farm. George has the simple yet very powerful objective of protecting his home and his family. The last half of the book plays out in near real-time. This is the book’s best and, conversely, most critical feature. It's literary genius to see George transform right in front of your eyes. He becomes a "man," at least in his wife's eyes, and uses his book smarts to defend, and ultimately attack, these intruders. Every man has his breaking point and Mr. Williams provides us with a window into George’s transformation from a coward, to a strong man, to an inhuman animal.

If you enjoy action and becoming immersed into the details of an elaborate plot, then you must read this classic. Two films have spawned from Mr. Williams' words. This book has similarities in characters and form, but it’s nothing like the film adaptations. Read it! -Jonathan Sturak 9/30/2012 ...more

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Dec 05, 2017 David Keaton rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Finally found a copy of this book to solve the mystery of the title "Straw Dogs" after all these years. And of course, this phrase is never mentioned in the text! In the Peckinpah movie, it was the baffling tagline on the poster, "In the eyes of every coward burns a straw dog," while in the remake, David talks about "an ancient Chinese ritual where 'straw dogs' were treated with reverence until they were no longer needed and tossed aside." Apparently like... the former high-school football stars ...more

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Feb 16, 2018 Andrew Scarpati rated it it was amazing

Fun read that is breakneck in speed.

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Jul 23, 2017 Siddharth rated it it was amazing

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AHA! The book that Straw Dogs (2011) was based on. I really wanted to get this down, I knew it was a loose adaptation so I wasn't going to get a lot of insight into Amy's mindset in the first part of that movie where she more or less just goes berserk, in her bet to provoke David into a passion about something, anything!

I really liked how the characters develop over the course of the book. The change in both George and Louise throughout the book is phenomenal and amazing to watch. Especially, af ...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Axel Howerton rated it liked it

The book is filled with easy commentaries and obvious comparisons between English and American cultures, between bull-headed traditions and modernity (1960’s modern, but still…), men and women, children and adults, etc. I found it added a layer of thoughtfulness to what, otherwise, would have been another bleak and violent thriller. By the end, I was surprised at the lasting effect the story had and the more philosophical questions of social mores it raised. On reflection, it also struck me how ...more

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Jul 22, 2013 Russell Bittner rated it did not like it

I've just finished reading this book and I have to say I have rather mixed feelings about it.

(For what it's worth, I decided to chase it down here at the Brooklyn Public Library after I'd seen both versions of "Straw Dogs." I was simply curious to know something about a story that had gotten so much directorial/cinematic attention.)

My overall reaction? I think that Sam Pekinpah's original version (with Dustin Hoffman and Susan George) was better than Rod Lurie's version (with Alexander Skarsgård ...more

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Mar 17, 2015 Christopher rated it really liked it

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Sure this book is a bit sexist (not as much as the movie though) and definitely the wife character is loathsome, but the fact is its still really really good.

Generally, I found the book superior to the movie (I have only seen the original not the remake) on almost all levels. The only thing I liked more about the film was its darker and more ambiguous ending scene. But in general, this was chock full of both the perspective of the 'yokels' as well as the town background to explain why events tra ...more

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Oct 02, 2012 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

This has always been one of my favorite underdog stories. Not only have I read the book but have seen both of the films based on it. You really don't like the main character to begin with but George will steal your heart as he defends his family with vigor. I always loved how he went from so very conversational to the point of irritation with his logic and then to see him spiral into a man who can and will protect his family from anything is a peice of literary brilliance! ...more

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Mar 26, 2014 Peter Way rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Interesting to read the original story from which the film was (considerably) adapted. Tense and atmospheric but the siege was too long drawn out and to some extent rather unbelievable. Interesting too to see how the film took the key elements of the book and wove them into a piece of tense drama. Not entirely sure about the rendition of the local dialogue which seemed to detract from rather than add to the story, but to be fair it was written in 1969.

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Sep 22, 2017 Cee Martinez rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Intense and a Page Turner

I could not put this book down. It is a smooth read that moves swiftly. There are a lot of interesting issues brought up about politics and gender in marriage and in between city and country folk.

Some of it is a bit dated, especially Louise's secret desire to be dominated by her husband.

The action and suspense is quite good and moves with the pace of a movie. I recommend this! ...more

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Jan 12, 2015 Hilton Neves rated it really liked it

Who'd a thunk it? There's also a very tough Compton in Cornwall, England. I wanted to give it 4½ stars, this is something goodreads must work out. An impressive, thumping George transformation, and... *pulls a Gene Wilder in meme* - Please tell me about(view spoiler) Sorry, just yanking his chain. ...more

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Oct 14, 2010 Mickey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Thrillingly violent and engrossing story of class conflict and the cultural clash between middle class intelligentsia and salt of the earth West country rural folk. Ably adapted into the sizzling film by Peckinpah.

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Aug 14, 2011 Steve rated it liked it

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There aren't any likeable characters found in The Siege of Trencher's Farm, but the fantastic writing makes up for it.

You can read my full review at HorrorTalk.com. ...more

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Jan 01, 2008 Dean Moberly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is tailor-made for couples on the verge of splitting over irreconcilable differences. Violence rarely comes accross as so reasonable.

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Aka P.B. Yuill, joint pseudonym with Terry Venables.

Gordon Maclean Williams was a Scottish author. Born in Paisley, he moved to London to work as a journalist. He has written for television and is the author of over twenty novels including From Scenes Like These (1969), shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1969, Walk Don't Walk (1972) and Big Morning Blues (1974). Other novels include The Camp (196 ...more