Heβs a by-the-book kind of guy, and sheβs a lawbreaker at heart. Gwen Bennett As an operative with a hidden talent, I know how to keep my clients safe. Itβs engrained in my unusual DNA, and Iβm damn good at my job. So, when a thief swindles my grandmother out of a fortune and flees to a private i
Apples
β Scribed by Richard Milward
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2007;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Edition
- Main
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
<div><p>Out of the bleakness of their Middlesbrough housing estate, fuelled by cheap plonk, porn and dysfunctional families, Adam and Eve narrate this dazzling, tragicomic love story of adolescence in all its fucked-up glory.</p><p></p><p>'[An] unbelievably good, affecting, unpretentious debut novel . . . more than anything, <i>Apples</i> feels truthful: whether the drugs, the sex, the boozing or the brutal insecurities of adolescence, it all smacks beautifully of the real thing.' Jon Elek, <i>Time Out</i></p><p></p><p>'Wonderful . . . <i>Apples</i> is unlike any other novel I've read. Who knows? We may have discovered our J.D. Salinger early.' John Sutherland, <i>Financial Times</i></p><p><i></i></p><p>'Crass, graphic, funny and unnerving . . . Well constructed and streaming with gorgeous language, it's a frighteningly recognisable...
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