Show Me the Sky [Paperback]

"An assured and gripping debut." BBC Radio 3 --BBC Radio 3, June 20, 2008

"Hogg performs a full range of literary circus feats... leading his reader on an exotic journey." Adelaide Advertiser --Adelaide Advertiser, August 8, 2009

"His subtle and clever novel weaves together five different narrative strands... plotted so artfully." The Big Issue --The Big Issue, July 1, 2008

"A superb novel... an ambitious and accomplished work and a harbinger of further riches to come" The Compulsive Reader
--The Compulsive Reader, June, 2008

'Like a four-part harmony, Hogg balances these voices, strengthening the book's message of staying true to one's roots.'

'[A] subtle and clever novel...each voice is different and distinct.'

'Show Me the Sky is an absorbing exploration of identity, escaping the past - and the urge to return home.'

'An ambitious and accomplished work and a harbinger of further riches to come.'

Time is running out for James Dent. On the trail of missing singer Billy K, his team has exhausted every lead. The investigation has cost Dent his marriage, his home and possibly his job. All he has left is his instinct, and a copy of "Show Me the Sky" - the book Billy was reading when he vanished. With only the clothes on his back and 5,000 pounds in his wallet, Dent himself disappears. He believes he can solve this case alone. He can have little idea where this journey will take him. Mystery, adventure, historical voyage, coming-of-age - "Show Me the Sky" is all this and more. It is a dazzling novel about the power of books to change lives, which will keep you guessing until the final page.

Nicholas Hogg was born in Leicester in 1974. After studying psychology, he travelled widely, living in Japan, Fiji and America and he taught literacy skills to refugees in London. In 2005 he won the New Writing Ventures prize for fiction. He is currently living in New Zealand. Show Me The Sky is his first novel.