The Main CagesThe acclaimed first novel by one of Harper Perennials most gifted young writers, author of The Bronski House and The Spirit Wrestlers. Philip Marsdens brilliant first novel is set in the 1930s, in the small Cornish fishing village of Polmayne. A newcomer to the village, Jack Sweeney, buys a boat and establishes himself as a fisherman, gradually winning the respect even of the village elders. But times are changing, and a new kind of visitor is