Toto Among the Murderers
Winner of the Portico Prize 2022
Sally J Morgan
- 'Vividly
- portrays
- the
- human
- face
- of
- young
- women
- on
- the
- margins
- of
- society,
- women
- who
- defy
- being
- statistics,
- who
- have
- their
- own
- stories
- and
- loves
- to
- tell'
- Sophie
- WardWINNER
- OF
- THE
- PORTICO
- PRIZE
LONGLISTED
- FOR
- THE
- OCKHAM
- AWARDSLeeds
- in
- the
- 1970s
- is
- a
- place
- fraught
- with
- danger
- for
- young
- women
- like
- Jude,
- for
- her
- best
- friend
- Nel
- and
- Janice
- across
- the
- road.
- Jude
- flirts
- with
- the
- wrong
- kind
- of
- people,
- gets
- drunk
- too
- often,
- ends
- up
- on
- wild
- hitch-hiking
- jaunts
- up
- and
- down
- the
- country.
- Until
- now
- it
- has
- all
- been
- fun,
- a
- way
- to
- let
- off
- steam
- when
- the
- relationship
- she's
- having
- with
- a
- married
- woman
- doesn't
- work
- out.
- Jude
- doesn't
- pay
- much
- attention
- to
- the
- news:
- to
- the
- young
- women
- who
- have
- been
- going
- missing,
- to
- the
- young
- women
- who
- haven't
- been
- returning
- home,
- to
- the
- dangers
- out
- there.
- That
- is
- until
- she's
- offered
- a
- lift
- by
- a
- couple
- in
- a
- grey
- car,
- a
- couple
- who
- have
- been
- stalking
- the
- roads,
- looking
- for
- someone
- exactly
- like her.
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