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Dead Wood

First edition
Author	Chris Longmuir
Language	English
Publisher	Polygon Books
Publication date	2009
Publication place	Scotland

Dead Wood is a 2009 novel by the British writer Chris Longmuir. It won the Dundee International Book Prize, the largest monetary British Prize for first novels, in 2009, and was published by Polygon Books. The novel is based upon the unsolved murders of 18-year-old Carol Lannen and 20-year-old Elizabeth McCabe in Scotland during the 1970s.

See also

• 2009 in literature
• Scottish literature

References

1. ""Chris Longmuir - Dead Wood, The List, Aug 10, 2009
2. "Prize-winning Scots novel inspired by city's murders," Scotsman, 26 June 2009

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