The Man Who Loved Islands
Seiten
2017
Orenda Books (Verlag)
978-1-910633-15-1 (ISBN)
Orenda Books (Verlag)
978-1-910633-15-1 (ISBN)
Hailed as the freshest new voice in Scottish literature, David F. Ross returns with the third instalment of the critically acclaimed Disco Days Trilogy.
The unforgettable finale to the international, bestselling Disco Days Trilogy … Bobby, Joey and Max Mojo return in an attempt to reclaim the elusive stardom of their youth, reuniting a legendary band that didn’t quite live up to expectations, with predictable results…
‘A real new talent on the Scottish literary scene’ Press & Journal
‘By turn hilarious and heart-breaking, more than anything Ross creates beautifully rounded characters full of humanity and perhaps most of all, hope’ Liam Rudden, Scotsman
‘David Ross carved out an enduring place for himself among contemporary Scottish novelists’ Alastair Mabb, Herald Scotland
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The Disco Boys and The Band are back…
In the early 80s, Bobby Cassidy and Joey Miller were inseparable; childhood friends and fledgling business associates. Now, both are depressed and lonely, and they haven't spoken to each other in more than ten years. A bizarre opportunity to honour the memory of someone close to both of them presents itself, if only they can forgive ... and forget.
With the help of the deluded Max Mojo and the faithful Hamish May, can they pull off the impossible, and reunite the legendary Ayrshire band, The Miraculous Vespas, for a one-off Music Festival – The Big Bang – on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island?
Absurdly funny, deeply moving and utterly human, The Man Who Loves Islands is an unforgettable finale to the Disco Days trilogy – a modern classic pumped full of music and middle-aged madness, written from the heart and pen of one of Scotland’s finest new voices.
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Praise for David F. Ross
‘A warm, funny consideration of reconciliation between middle-aged friends and a celebration of music’s healing powers. Suggest to fans of Nick Hornby’ Library Journal
‘Warm, funny and evocative. If you grew up in the eighties, you’re going to love this’ Chris Brookmyre
‘Dark, hilarious, funny and heart-breaking all at the same time, a book that sums up the spirit of an era and a country in a way that will make you wince and laugh at the same time’ Muriel Gray
‘An astonishing tour de force’ John Niven
’This is a book that might just make you cry like nobody’s watching’ Iain MacLeod, Sunday Mail
‘Crucially Ross's novel succeeds in balancing light and dark, in that it can leap smoothly from brutal social realism to laugh-out-loud humour within a few sentences’ Press & Journal
‘Full of comedy, pathos and great tunes’ Hardeep Singh Kohli
‘If I saw that in a store I would buy it without even looking at what was inside’ Irvine Welsh
‘Like the vinyl that crackles off every page … as warm and authentic as Roddy Doyle at his very best’ Nick Quantrill
‘A solid-gold hit of a book! The closest you’ll ever get to being on Top of the Pops’ Colin McCredie
The unforgettable finale to the international, bestselling Disco Days Trilogy … Bobby, Joey and Max Mojo return in an attempt to reclaim the elusive stardom of their youth, reuniting a legendary band that didn’t quite live up to expectations, with predictable results…
‘A real new talent on the Scottish literary scene’ Press & Journal
‘By turn hilarious and heart-breaking, more than anything Ross creates beautifully rounded characters full of humanity and perhaps most of all, hope’ Liam Rudden, Scotsman
‘David Ross carved out an enduring place for himself among contemporary Scottish novelists’ Alastair Mabb, Herald Scotland
––––––––––––––––––––––––
The Disco Boys and The Band are back…
In the early 80s, Bobby Cassidy and Joey Miller were inseparable; childhood friends and fledgling business associates. Now, both are depressed and lonely, and they haven't spoken to each other in more than ten years. A bizarre opportunity to honour the memory of someone close to both of them presents itself, if only they can forgive ... and forget.
With the help of the deluded Max Mojo and the faithful Hamish May, can they pull off the impossible, and reunite the legendary Ayrshire band, The Miraculous Vespas, for a one-off Music Festival – The Big Bang – on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island?
Absurdly funny, deeply moving and utterly human, The Man Who Loves Islands is an unforgettable finale to the Disco Days trilogy – a modern classic pumped full of music and middle-aged madness, written from the heart and pen of one of Scotland’s finest new voices.
––––––––––––––––––––––––
Praise for David F. Ross
‘A warm, funny consideration of reconciliation between middle-aged friends and a celebration of music’s healing powers. Suggest to fans of Nick Hornby’ Library Journal
‘Warm, funny and evocative. If you grew up in the eighties, you’re going to love this’ Chris Brookmyre
‘Dark, hilarious, funny and heart-breaking all at the same time, a book that sums up the spirit of an era and a country in a way that will make you wince and laugh at the same time’ Muriel Gray
‘An astonishing tour de force’ John Niven
’This is a book that might just make you cry like nobody’s watching’ Iain MacLeod, Sunday Mail
‘Crucially Ross's novel succeeds in balancing light and dark, in that it can leap smoothly from brutal social realism to laugh-out-loud humour within a few sentences’ Press & Journal
‘Full of comedy, pathos and great tunes’ Hardeep Singh Kohli
‘If I saw that in a store I would buy it without even looking at what was inside’ Irvine Welsh
‘Like the vinyl that crackles off every page … as warm and authentic as Roddy Doyle at his very best’ Nick Quantrill
‘A solid-gold hit of a book! The closest you’ll ever get to being on Top of the Pops’ Colin McCredie
David F. Ross was born in Glasgow in 1964 and has lived in Kilmarnock for over 30 years. He is a graduate of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art, an architect by day, and a hilarious social-media commentator, author and enabler by night. His debut novel The Last Days of Disco was shortlisted for the Authors Club Best First Novel Award, and optioned for the stage by the Scottish National Theatre. All five of his novels have achieved notable critical acclaim and There’s Only One Danny Garvey, published in 2021 by Orenda Books, was shortlisted for the prestigious Saltire Society Prize for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year. David lives in Ayrshire.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910633-15-1 / 1910633151 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910633-15-1 / 9781910633151 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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