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"A powerful debut: ambitious and mesmerising. Paints a kaleidoscopic - and heartbreakingly funny - portrait of where we are today." --John Niven, author of Kill Your Friends
"SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER is a gem. Terse, truthful, and teeming with good old Yorkshire lyricism - Russ Litten effortlessly spins together the disparate lives of his characters, like the sharpest, bittersweet candyfloss.' --Richard Milward, author of Apples and Ten Storey Love Song
` A cracker ... The book's style is reminiscent of a fairground ride as it flings the reader from one situation to another, illuminating one tiny piece of life's drama before sending them reeling to the next. Highly recommended.' ***** --Scotsman
`[a] very readable book. The bone-dry humour of the locals is much in evidence ... Litten has written for television, and his work has the virtues of television drama (pace, economy) ... [He has] energy, ability with dialogue and eye for detail.' --Sean O'Brien, TLS
`A punchy, poignant look at the gritty realities of modern life ... shimmers with dark humour and simmering violence.' --Marie Claire
`In this superb multi-voiced narrative, local boy Litten conjures up a vivid cast of ex-cons, psychiatric patients and other lost souls, following their intersecting trails over the course of a waterlogged October as they trip, fag in hand (kebab in other), through one another's lives, bringing the chaos. What LAST EXIT FOR BROOKLYN did for the New York borough, so SCREAM ... threatens to do for this little corner of East Riding, in an exhilarating, horribly funny and fundamentally honest ride through urban Britain.' --Ali Catterall, Word
"SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER is a gem. Terse, truthful, and teeming with good old Yorkshire lyricism - Russ Litten effortlessly spins together the disparate lives of his characters, like the sharpest, bittersweet candyfloss.' --Richard Milward, author of Apples and Ten Storey Love Song
` A cracker ... The book's style is reminiscent of a fairground ride as it flings the reader from one situation to another, illuminating one tiny piece of life's drama before sending them reeling to the next. Highly recommended.' ***** --Scotsman
`[a] very readable book. The bone-dry humour of the locals is much in evidence ... Litten has written for television, and his work has the virtues of television drama (pace, economy) ... [He has] energy, ability with dialogue and eye for detail.' --Sean O'Brien, TLS
`A punchy, poignant look at the gritty realities of modern life ... shimmers with dark humour and simmering violence.' --Marie Claire
`In this superb multi-voiced narrative, local boy Litten conjures up a vivid cast of ex-cons, psychiatric patients and other lost souls, following their intersecting trails over the course of a waterlogged October as they trip, fag in hand (kebab in other), through one another's lives, bringing the chaos. What LAST EXIT FOR BROOKLYN did for the New York borough, so SCREAM ... threatens to do for this little corner of East Riding, in an exhilarating, horribly funny and fundamentally honest ride through urban Britain.' --Ali Catterall, Word
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A bittersweet and abrasive white-knuckle ride of a novel following the intersecting lives of ten characters over a flood-soaked carnival weekend in Kingston-upon-Hull
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Of all the books I've read this year, this was undoubtedly the best. I have rarely felt so much involved with the characters described here. Each is a fully-rounded, utterly believable and very real person. The book is very funny in parts and yet also very 'gritty' - occasionally frightening and violent. As in life, we are frequently presented with a new character whose real face is not seen in full and, once revealed, the whole picture presents a big surprise.
I felt that this novel defied genre. It is a thriller, a romance and a dystopic picture of the grim north all at the same time - exactly as the finest literature should be.
The setting of Hull, to my mind, was secondary. The book could have been set in any place - although the wonderful descriptions of Hull Fair gave the book an atmospheric thrill which could be lacking if the setting was different.
I strongly recommend that you read it and enjoy it. This book will stay in my mind for years.
I felt that this novel defied genre. It is a thriller, a romance and a dystopic picture of the grim north all at the same time - exactly as the finest literature should be.
The setting of Hull, to my mind, was secondary. The book could have been set in any place - although the wonderful descriptions of Hull Fair gave the book an atmospheric thrill which could be lacking if the setting was different.
I strongly recommend that you read it and enjoy it. This book will stay in my mind for years.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Unputdownable! A word often bandied about in book reviews but never more truly meant than with regard to this stunning debut novel: Living in the area where the book is set, every sentence, every paragraph created a film reel in my head. The characters in the book are so well described you feel they could be any number of people you pass walking around the streets of Hull. I loved the fact that the author has writes using many words native to the North in general and Hull in particular. I am proud to be from Hull and Russ Litten should be extremely proud of this wonderful piece of work. Let's hope this novel is just the first of many more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent read, I hardly buy any books so I won't bore you with uneducated drivel.
However I thoroughly enjoyed this, gritty but heartwarming too, I read it cover to cover in 2 sittings. Well done Russ a stunning debut
Hamish
However I thoroughly enjoyed this, gritty but heartwarming too, I read it cover to cover in 2 sittings. Well done Russ a stunning debut
Hamish
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Being, as I am, between having just finished a university dissertation and about to embark on a 5 month intensive work placement, I thought I'd use the limited time I have to read... Read more
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