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 twitchThe 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 voiceCompelling and emotionally acute, it is a unique debut.
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
192 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Faber & Faber |
Utgivningsdatum |
2011-08-04 |
ISBN |
9780571274888 |