- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Kennedy And Boyd (15 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904999131
- ISBN-13: 978-1904999133
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,084,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For Roy Ireland, his brother Colin, and his friends Looby and Teach, a holiday away from their parents is an experiment in anarchy. They have a genius for mischief, a wit honed of a lifetime's fraternity and enough money to get them drunk in every pub in Shropshire, provided they go without food. Occasionally displaying a sensitivity that would surprise their own mothers, the four boys embark on a boat ride as harrowing as Apocalypse Now and as laden with portent as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, wherein they bravely battle against Looby's foreboding warning, 'Life's boring if you do nowt.' Craig Smith was born in Huddersfield and attended Peter Sansom's Poetry Workshops. His first collection, L.O.V.E. Love, was published by Smith/Doorstop, back-to-back with Jackie Stead's Now She Is Old. He had to wait another 17 years for his next collection to appear, the long poem A Quick Word With a Rock and Roll Late Starter, published by the Bird Brothers at Rue Bella. He currently lives in London and works for the book publisher, O'Reilly.Super-8 is his first novel.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Witty & entertaining teenage adventure - for 30 somethings,
By A Customer
This review is from: Super-8 (Paperback)
The sun always shines on these engaging lads on their first holiday without parents on the Shropshire canals. This is a witty and at times moving account of teenage excitement and anticipation, alternating between the peer group pressure to be cool, down pints and "meet girls", with the underlying concern not to bring shame on their mother. The account is perceptive and uplifting and a must for anyone who wants to be transported fondly back to the expectation and emotional deliberations of their own teenage years.
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Gentle and atmospheric first novel,
By Lazyferret (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Super-8 (Paperback)
Really does capture what it was like to be 17 in the early '80s - that mixture of defiance and anxiousness - and the excitement of the first holiday without your parents. Brought back memories of some foods I'd rather forget (tinned potatoes) - thanks Craig! All in all it's an engaging first novel and I can't wait to read more.
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