Nothing Is Heavy - Couverture souple

Jarrett, Vicki

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0957005032 ISBN 13 : 9780957005037

Editeur : Linen Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Deep Sea chippy and the Fantasy Island bar face each other across the neon glow of Junction Street. Beth shovels chips on one side and Amber spins naked around a pole on the other. Their work is mundane and predictable, each night much like any other, until a sudden, dramatic death forces them to choose between relative safety and risk.

Into this situation wanders George, lost and broken-hearted and dressed in a monkey costume.

Nothing is Heavy follows these three characters over the course of one intense Saturday night. Unaware that their lives are already intimately connected by a previous tragedy, their fates collide again with completely unpredictable results.

What ensues is a hilarious, surreal, furiously-paced adventure involving sex, drugs, chips and angels which hovers masterfully between tragedy and farce.

The strength of this truly original novel is that beneath the thrill-a-minute, fast-paced action, Vicki Jarrett deals with serious issues as the unforgettable characters' life-crushing backgrounds are slowly revealed and the past catches up with the present.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For Beth and Amber, one night on Junction Street is much like any other. In the Deep Sea chippy Beth shovels chips while across the road, in Fantasy Island, Amber spins around a pole in six-inch heels. But this is no ordinary Saturday night - a dramatic death forces both women out of their comfort zones and into high-risk action. Cue George, lost and broken-hearted and dressed in a monkey costume. Unaware that their fates are already connected by a past tragedy, Beth, Amber and George are once again set on a collision course, this time with wildly unpredictable and life-changing results. A hilarious, surreal, furiously-paced adventure involving sex, drugs, chips and angels which hovers masterfully between tragedy and farce.

Revue de presse

Here be angels and monkeys, falling to earth and living by one s wits, dark places and beautiful tricks of radiant light. Vicki Jarrett is more than budding talent: this book full of visual delight and moral questions, in a voice entirely Edinburgh and entirely her own, is in mettlesome bloom. Surprise yourself - read it. --Janice Galloway

A unique authorial voice and a captivating account of the lives of three unforgettable characters, all of whom have secrets and challenges to face. Totally unpredictable, hilarious in places, unforgettable. --Sophie Hannah

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Linen Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0957005032
• ISBN 13: 9780957005037
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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