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Luke's mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father, who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon. Jon is massively strange. He wears 1950s clothes, has a side-parting and a twitch. The kids at school call him 'Slackjaw'. When Luke discovers his secret, Jon changes his life in more ways than he can imagine. Luke and Jon is a coming of age novel about family, bereavement and how lives can change forever in a single second. Written with great power, warmth and humour, it signals a hugely engaging and original new voice. Compelling and emotionally acute, it is a unique debut.
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'It's a hell of a thing to accuse a new writer of wisdom, but that's what Robert Williams's first novel has: a warm, dead-to-rights understanding of the human heart, expressed in prose as clear as a glass of water. I'd predict great things for him, but I think that they've already begun.' --Francis Spufford
'Compassionate and perceptive ... Simply a great read.' -- Adele Parks
'A striking and extremely moving debut.' --Alex Clark
'Like many classic stories of childhood, Robert Williams's Luke and Jon is told with an outsider's eye: cool and clear and hiding deep emotion beneath a carapace of coping ... the language with which he recounts this tale of friendship and survival seems newly minted. The kind of book that reminds you why, as a child, you started reading in the first place.' --Financial Times
'The prose here is almost a poem ... Luke and Jon is a novel of promise in every sense... We are left satisfied yet wanting more. 'It was special' as Luke says. 'It was enough.'' --Sheena Joughin, TLS
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'Compassionate and perceptive ... Simply a great read.' -- Adele Parks
'A striking and extremely moving debut.' --Alex Clark
'Like many classic stories of childhood, Robert Williams's Luke and Jon is told with an outsider's eye: cool and clear and hiding deep emotion beneath a carapace of coping ... the language with which he recounts this tale of friendship and survival seems newly minted. The kind of book that reminds you why, as a child, you started reading in the first place.' --Financial Times
'The prose here is almost a poem ... Luke and Jon is a novel of promise in every sense... We are left satisfied yet wanting more. 'It was special' as Luke says. 'It was enough.'' --Sheena Joughin, TLS
The winner of the Book Tokens' Not-Yet-Published Prize - an arresting debut about friendship, grief and love.
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- EditoreFaber and Faber
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0571249639
- ISBN 13 9780571249633
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine192
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Codice articolo CHL9548203
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Codice articolo 6545-9780571249633
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