Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful fascinating and moving and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home. In these pages on Lancashire you''ll find two unique tales. ''After the Funeral the Crawl'' is an arresting portrait of a couple forced to confront a dark secret over the course of a pub crawl one night in Preston by award-winning novelist Jenn Ashworth. ''JUDAS '' is a vivid coming-of-age story that traces the political and cultural history of Manchester from its industrial past to its eventual separation from the county by Benjamin Webster. . Language: English