Books by Benjamin Wood
“Before reading this novel, I wonder how many had heard of shanking—scraping the sea bottom at low-tide for shrimp—let alone thought about the life of a shanker. Yet readers won’t easily forget Thomas Flett, aged 20, a boy who dreams of singing a song yet is in thrall to both the scraping of the sea and the scraping around for money to keep himself, his old seascraper horse and his coquettish mother in good heart. If you haven’t yet read this little book, you’re in for a treat.” Read more...
The Best Historical Fiction of 2026
Katharine Grant, Historical Novelist
