The Deadman's Pedal
$34.59
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2013
Summary
Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize
For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too ‘posh’ for the railways, too ‘working class’ for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099268765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099268760 |
| Author: | Alan Warner |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
A delight: a boisterous, kindly, deep, sweet romp of a thing
A delight: a boisterous, kindly, deep, sweet romp of a thing * Scotsman *
Absolutely beautiful… As far as I’m concerned he’s emerging as the William Faulkner of British fiction: somebody who’s created a body of work that has not only animated a language but a period and a place… He has this incredible talent – Andrew O’Hagan
This is the best Scottish fiction since Lanark * Scottish Review of Books *
Morally sensitive, exquisitely written and emotionally mature * Guardian *
If you still haven’t read it from last year, Alan Warner’s The Deadman’s Pedal was out in paperback in this. Read it – Janice Galloway * Scotsman *
Alan Warner
Alan Warner is the author of six previous novels:
- Morvern Callar
- These Demented Lands
- The Sopranos
- The Man Who Walks
- The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven
- The Stars in the Bright Sky (longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize)
He is Writer in Residence at Edinburgh University.
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