“One of the most interesting, restless writers of his generation.” - Daily Mail

Congratulations to author Benjamin Myers (author of the Walter Scott Prize winningThe Gallows Pole). His new novel,The Offing, is available today from bookstores everywhere. Purchase The Offing online here. The Offing is the critically acclaimed second novel published by Third Man Books. During an idyllic English summer following World War II an unlikely friendship emerges between a teenage, nationalistic working class man and an older bohemian woman. While working a summer job for her, the teenager discovers an unpublished book of poetry holding a tragic secret message beyond the grave from her deceased German lover, and both their lives are irrevocably changed.

“Benjamin Myers  delivers an exceptional postwar coming of age story.” - Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review.