''The Tivington Nott'' is a novel by the Australian author

Alex Miller Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player. As a player, he had a 15-year career with Rangers, winning several trophies. As a manager, he won the 1991–92 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian. He subsequen ...

and is based on the lives of real people in Somerset on the borders of Exmoor. Miller tells his own story of a young labourer swept up in the adventure of riding second horse in a west country stag hunt. ''The Tivington Nott'' was first published by Robert Hale (UK) in 1989 and was republished by Allen & Unwin (Australia) in 2005.

Awards and nominations

*1989 Winner, Braille Book of the Year Award

Reviews

*Peter Pierce, 2004, 'The solitariness of Alex Miller', ''

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'', 21 (3). pp. 299–31

accessed January 2014. *'Altogether brilliant. This man knows his hunting country.' -

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Interviews

Jane Sullivan, 'Interview: Alex Miller', '

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', October 5, 2013

accessed January 2014.

References

Novels by Alex Miller Novels set in Somerset 1989 novels Robert Hale books {{1980s-novel-stub