It's the end of an intensely hot summer in Vancouver, and Razor's complex and misunderstood best friend Chris has just driven a stolen police car through a road block and over a cliff to his death. Fireball takes us back to the start of that relentless summer, and unravels the events leading to Chris's death as we follow four teenagers through the months that will come to define their future. First hailed as heroes for saving a drowning woman, they attract unwanted attention as minor local celebrities, but this respect is quickly replaced with envy and then harrassment. Tyler, with the assured and confident air of a seasoned author, keeps the pressure building, right up to final fiery climax.
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"Stylishly written and immensely readable, Fireball gives notice of an impressive new talent, Tyler Keevil is a name to watch out for" Jem Poster --Jem Poster
"I had enormous trouble putting it down" Matthew Francis --Matthew Francis
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"I had enormous trouble putting it down" Matthew Francis --Matthew Francis
"I had enormous trouble putting it down" Matthew Francis --Matthew Francis
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Tyler was raised in Vancouver, Canada. He first came to the UK in 1999 to study English and Lancaster University. Since immigrating to Wales, he has been fortunate enough to receive several awards for his short fiction. His work has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies. A short film he wrote recently showed on ITV Wales, and another picked up the Welsh Dragon Award at the Newport International Film Festival. In 2008 Tyler completed an MA in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth, and has gone on to start a PhD. To pay the bills, he works part-time in a factory near his hometown of Llanidloes, and has recently started lecturing in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire.
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A captivating debut novel that's funny, moving and written with great pace and a evocative sense of place. The characters, in particular the two friends Razor and Chris, are nuanced and utterly believable. There are literary echoes here, from 'The Catcher in the Rye' to 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', and the novel explores the complexities of male friendship with admirable honesty and humour. Also, the structure of the novel is compellingly adventurous, as it holds off the dramatic climax with great skill, setting up suspenseful set-pieces and enjoying the pleasures of youth: fighting, drinking, smoking, partying and falling in and out of love.
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Fireball is a car crash in slow motion.Time becomes elastic in this ingenious narrative where characaters and events are revealed in startling clarity. Tyler Keevil has created something that stays in the imagination long after the book is put down. Funny. Tragic. Beautiful.
By M. Daniels
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This really is a good book, one that stays with you, a little haunting even...What has been said by the other reviewers is true. Buy it!!
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When I picked up Fireball, I had this notion it would all be in chronological order. Pah! What a silly idea I had, and what an excellent idea Mr Keevil had. Read more
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