"Sight of the Meat Wagon has never been summat to warm a feller's cockles." (Chapter 1, p. 1)

"He fired up the engine, eyes still stuck on mine like a terrier's teeth on a robber's ankle." (Chapter 1, p. 5)

"No one leaves Mangel, Sal. It ain't an option for folks like us." (Chapter 6, p. 73)

"Like any happily married couple, we'd had our ups and downs. But you know how it goes. It gets to the point where the downs just keeps on going down, making up for all the ups you had at the start." (Chapter 7, p. 87)

"Fish can't say much about water cos water's all he knows." (Chapter 11, p. 129)

"It were like Mangel were the only town that really existed, and all the rest were just illusion, blurred around the edges and hard to focus on." (Chapter 11, p. 131)

"Jonah grimaced like he had a mouthful of vinegar and earwigs." (Chapter...