<p><b>Granta Best Young British Novelist and Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, Shortlisted for NINE literary awards</b><br><br>''Ross Raisin''s story of how a disturbed but basically well-intentioned rural youngster turns into a malevolent sociopath is both chilling in its effect and convincing in its execution'' J. M. Coetzee <br><br>''Utterly frightening and electrifying'' Joshua Ferris <br><br>''Astonishing, funny, unsettling ... An unforgettable creation [whose] literary forebears include Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield and Alex from <i>A Clockwork Orange''</i><i>The Times</i><br><br>''Remarkable, compelling, very funny and very disturbing . . . like no other character in contemporary fiction'' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>In <i>God''s Own Country</i>, one of the most celebrated debut novels of recent years, Ross Raisin tells the story of solitary young farmer, Sam Marsdyke, and his extraordinary battle with the world.<br><br>Expelled from school and cut off from the town, mi