The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight (Macmillan New Writing)

Scott-Wilson, Siôn

ISBN 10: 0230705448 / ISBN 13: 9780230705449

Editore: Pan Macmillan, 2008

Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover. Codice articolo KT2-03024

Riassunto:

Mikey Hough has a dream: to become a Clavadista, one of the heroic brotherhood of Mexican cliff-divers. First he must practise, and to this end he rigs a platform in the garden of his parents' suburban home. But while Mikey's technique may be perfect, his aim is not. Coming to in hospital, he befriends an ex-RAF pilot named Roger, whose Distinguished Flying Cross has been stolen in a violent burglary. And Mikey soon learns that his own disastrous attempt at flight has resulted in a rare - and permanent - condition: he has destroyed his ability to sleep.
One night a despondent Mikey stumbles across Livia, his troubled teenaged neighbour. Together they hatch a plan to track down Roger's stolen medal. What follows is a riveting journey into the dark heart of suburban England, during which the fearless pair must confront a sprawling cast of pensioners, media celebrities, policemen and drug-dealers - including the profoundly sinister 'Fat Controller'.
The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight is a heart-rending and riotous comic novel, a brilliantly subversive tale about what happens when dark and light collide.

Descrizione del libro: A curiously brilliant nocturnal fable about a boy who cannot sleep . . .

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Titolo: The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight (...
Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan
Data di pubblicazione: 2008
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good