From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a compassionate compelling new novel of boyhood coming of age and the confusions of desire and reality.
'It's delicious it's dear it's heart-breaking and very funny' Rachel Joyce 'An incredibly beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing is wasted. Each sentence is beautifully crafted' Joanna Cannon
1970s Weston-Super-Mare and ten-year-old oddball Eustace an only child has life transformed by his mother's quixotic decision to sign him up for cello lessons. Music-making brings release for a boy who is discovering he is an emotional volcano. He laps up lessons from his young teacher not noticing how her brand of glamour is casting a damaging spell over his frustrated and controlling mother.
When he is enrolled in holiday courses in the Scottish borders lessons in love rejection and humility are added to daily practice.
Drawing in part on his own boyhood Patrick Gale's new novel explores a collision between childish hero worship and extremely messy adult love lives.
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Classification : General & Literary Fiction
Pub Date : APR 4, 2019
Imprint : Tinder Press
Page Extent : 368
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9781472205353
Price : INR 899
Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight and now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Place Called Winter, Take Nothing With You and Mother's Boy. His BBC 'Queer Britannia' television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 and won an International Emmy Award.
