Talk of the Town - E-book - ePub

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Jacob Polley - Talk of the Town.
1986, the last day of the summer holidays, and Christopher Hearsey is wondering why his best mate Arthur has suddenly disappeared, and whether lippy Gill... Lire la suite
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Résumé

1986, the last day of the summer holidays, and Christopher Hearsey is wondering why his best mate Arthur has suddenly disappeared, and whether lippy Gill Ross a few doors down might know anything about it. The border city of Carlisle is buzzing with rumours following an act of terrible violence, and in order to begin his search Chris must face down his own dread, not only of the consequences of his own actions, but of local big man Booby Grove, and his psychotic sidekick Carl 'the black' Hole.
Populated by a menacing and hilarious cast of characters, and moving from the dark aggrieved streets of the city to the agricultural hinterland of the Solway Firth, this is the story of a boy desperate to get out of town, out of a bad situation, even out of his own skin .

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    10/08/2012
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-0-330-50606-9
  • EAN
    9780330506069
  • Format
    ePub
  • Nb. de pages
    272 pages
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Pages
      272
    • Protection num.
      Contenu protégé

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Biographie de Jacob Polley

Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the author of five acclaimed books of poems, The Brink, Little Gods, The Havocs, Jackself, and Material Properties, all published by Picador, UK. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002, and both The Brink and The Havocs were shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. His collection Jackself won the 2016 TS Eliot Prize. In 2011, he was Arts Queensland's poet-in-residence, and he was Visiting Fellow Commoner in the Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, 2005-7.
He has also held residencies at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and at the Wordsworth Trust. In 2004, he was named one of the 'Next Generation' of the twenty best new poets in Britain. His first novel, Talk of the Town, a fiercely demotic and funny coming-of-age murder mystery, won the 2010 Somerset Maugham Award. He teaches at the University of Newcastle where lives.

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