Hauling Like A Brooligan

Stephen Gallagher

Category: The Kingdom of Bones

  • The Kingdom of Bones: the first review

    From the current issue of Publishers Weekly: The Kingdom of BonesStephen Gallagher. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-307-38280-1Set mainly in late 19th-century England, Gallagher’s ingenious horror thriller revolves around the extraordinary life—and death—of Tom Sayers, a real-life bare-knuckle fighter who, after retiring, briefly traveled the country staging reenactments of his most memorable bouts. While working…