Sky Hooks
β Scribed by Campbell, Neil
- Book ID
- 108917257
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing Limited
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781784630003
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β¦ Synopsis
The story of a lad who was on the books at Manchester City but got injured and never made it.'A vital writer, in touch with people and the natural and constructed worlds around us.' βNICHOLAS ROYLESky hooks are like glass hammers and bubbles from spirit levels, things you get asked to find on your first day in a warehouse. In this case it is also a metaphor for dreams.Set in contemporary Manchester this story is about a lad who was on the books at City but got injured and never made it. It is a coming of age tale, and the first part of a trilogy.Praise for Neil Campbell's work'Everyone who takes contemporary fiction seriously will want to read and re-read this book.' βANDREW BISWELL'The dialogue is note perfect and has a studied, savage banality.' βPAUL MAGRS'These are stories not of love but of need and they ache with truth; they are as eerie and lonely as any Hopper painting.' βNUALA NÍ CHONCHÚIRNeil Campbell writes, "I wrote this...
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