The Cuckoo Boy - Couverture souple

Gillespie, Grant

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0955460948 ISBN 13 : 9780955460944

Editeur : To Hell with Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Armed with the wrong set of circumstances, is there anything a child isn t capable of?

James has landed in the wrong nest. Adopted by well-meaning parents who are anxious to conform, he enters a family where any wrong can be righted by a half-hearted trip to church, cake, vacuuming or, if all else fails, denial. Stifled by shepherd s pie and scones, James imagination comes to the rescue in the form of David, an invisible friend, conspirator and agitator. Then James meets a real life David whose gentle spirit soothes the turbulent and unsettling effects of his make-believe world. But as James becomes more sociable he also becomes more vulnerable. Once hurt, his revenge leads to an act which shocks his community and breaks the hearts of his parents.

Grant Gillespie s beautifully observed and disturbing parable shows just how destructive normal can be.

''The perfectly formed heavyweight firstborn under the To Hell With First Novels imprint...It's funny and horrific by turns...my first truly un-put-downable new novel of the year to date...I loved it.'' - DoveGreyReader

Revue de presse

A dark and elegant story of childhood, The Cuckoo Boy is horrifying and disarmingly funny. A book to keep you awake at night. --Evie Wyld, author of After the Fire, A Still Small Voice

Like the cuckoo that lays its eggs in other bird's nests it's possible that James just landed in the wrong one. Gillespie on the other hand seems to have landed in just the right one at To Hell With... A cracking début novel, which for all the seriousness I have mentioned here also has a wicked vein of humour running through it, given a quality production and I hope, a wide readership. --Justwilliamsluck.blogspot.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: To Hell with Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955460948
• ISBN 13: 9780955460944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 341
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible