- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate (21 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0753174618
- ISBN-13: 978-0753174616
- ASIN: 0007148100
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,791,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Derek Beaven:
'Beaven has the gift for creating insistently human individuals who prove to be illuminating under pressure … a fine engagement with the largest and smallest details of what it is to be English.'
Lavinia Greenlaw, TLS
'He gives us all the uncertainty, liveliness, rumours and unheroic struggles of the present … as clear as a Vermeer mirror.'
David Robertson, Scotsman
'Large, deft, prickly and ambitious. His work practically explodes with narrative assurance.'
Julie Myerson, Guardian
‘His is a prodigal talent’ Lorna Sage
‘Not since I first read Jim Crace have I been so much impressed by a novelist recently embarked on his career.’ Francis King
‘Beaven is reminiscent of William Faulkner … distinctive and unforgettable.’ David Horspool, Daily Telegraph
‘An important and original writer’ Hilary Mantel
The Sunday Telegraph
‘With wonderful imaginative intensity, expressed in an original style of elliptical impressionism...'
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It's a very cold winter in 1962 in downtown Hemel Hempstead. Alan is in his last year at school and has fallen in love with motorbikes. He meets a gorgeous girl who works at the same research centre as his dad, but then strange things start happening. They keep on happening, and it keeps on being very cold. You suspect there's a crime happening somewhere, but there's very little hint of what the crime might be. Even this hint doesn't hold out much interest, unless you're fascinated by Hemel Hempstead or understanding how a Triumph Bonneville & sidecar handles in snow.
The reviews on the flyer of this book suggest a talented author, and an `ingenius multi-layered novel'. I can the author's writing style might appeal, but I think there needs to be a much better plot than that offered within this book. If you're fascinated by 60's Hemel Hempstead or motorbikes this book is probably well worth a read.
The reviews on the flyer of this book suggest a talented author, and an `ingenius multi-layered novel'. I can the author's writing style might appeal, but I think there needs to be a much better plot than that offered within this book. If you're fascinated by 60's Hemel Hempstead or motorbikes this book is probably well worth a read.
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