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Boyle, Kenny

 
9781785633027: The Tick and the Tock of the Crocodile Clock
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1785633023 ISBN 13 : 9781785633027
Editeur : Eye, 2022

Synopsis

Wendy just wants to be a poet. So how comes she's on the run after an art heist?

‘May well be the best book I’ve read in years’ – Peter May

An aspiring writer from the Southside of Glasgow, Wendy is in a rut. She tries to brighten her call-centre job by shoehorning as many long words as possible into conversations with customers. But her manager isn’t amused by that and, after a public dressing-down, Wendy walks out.

Jobless and depressed, she finds consolation in a surprise friendship with another disgruntled ex-colleague, wild-child painter Cat, who encourages her to live more dangerously. It’s just what Wendy needs and it’s also brilliant for her creative juices. But a black cloud is about to overshadow this new-found liberation, as well as to put Wendy on the wrong side of the law.

Fresh, insightful and funny, as well as unflinchingly honest about the tougher side of life, Kenny Boyle’s debut novel takes us deep into the psyche of a likeable misfit who treads a fine line between reality and fantasy – and just wants the world to see her true self.‍

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À propos de l'auteur

KENNY BOYLE is a writer and actor born on the Isle of Lewis. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and holds a masters in classical and contemporary text, as well as an honours degree from the University of Strathclyde. He is the star, alongside Natalie Clark, of the multi-award winning short film
Perfect Strangers (2015) and of the feature-film follow-up Lost at Christmas (2020). His plays include Playthrough and An Isolated Incident, and in 2021 he received a New Playwrights Award from the Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland. The Tick and the Tock of the Crocodile Clock is his debut novel.

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Éditeur
Eye
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785633023
ISBN 13 
9781785633027
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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