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Tales From The Longcroft (Tales From The Longcroft Estate) [Kindle Edition]

Darren Sant (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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Darren Sant has created an excellent series of gritty urban tales set in and around the fictional Longcroft Estate. Featuring the kind of flawed, blurred and, occasionally, downright sinister characters that inhabit today's Britain his work is a masterpiece of crime fiction and social realism combined. All we can say is just enjoy reading this first volume of three stories, look forward to the next one and, most of all, be glad you don't live there!

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 137 KB
  • Print Length: 30 pages
  • Publisher: Byker Books (18 Feb 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007B1SPNA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,237 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Rita, Sue, Bob and Darren Sant 22 Feb 2012
By Gareth Davies
Ever seen Rita Sue And Bob Too?

Of the documentary film about the writer of the screenplay, Andrea Dunbar, called The Arbor?

If you have, you'll know that it's full of heart and dirt and real life woes and spins tales of silk from ruined bronchial tubes.

That's what Darren Sant does.

And that is why he deserves to be read, pronto.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Tales Of The Unexpected 22 Feb 2012
By nigel p bird
A GOOD DAY:
This book has a prologue and an epilogue that work spectaculary well as bread for the meat in this wonderful sandwich. Excellent.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT:
I really enjoyed the first book in this series. Gritty, urban and a really good view of a struggling area.

I gave that one a 5 star review and wondered if the author would be able to keep up the high standard.

The answer is clearly yes. What is shown by this is the versatility of Mr Sant - this guy is no 'one-trick pony'.

This one kicks in with the action straight away.

Within 2 paragraphs the reader will know that Tracy is in trouble, that she owes a thug called 'Taff Hargreaves' a good deal of money and that she has until the end of her week to pay it back (he'll accept payment in kind, it turns out).

Tracy doesn't want to pay. Feels hard enough to get by while wondering how she ever imagined Longcroft could ever have been a wise place to make a fresh start.

Her strength turns to nought when Taff meets up with her son, even settling an issue with his bullies.

That puts her into a very tight spot indeed.

Watching on as that spot tightens is genuinely gripping and the resolution (however unexpected) is utterly satisfying.

And Rowan's Folly is the icing on the cake, one of those Barbie cakes with the doll in the middle and the cake skirt.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant. 28 Feb 2012
By Lifelongdagger
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'Tales from the Longcroft' does exactly what it says on the tin. Three tales from the fictional Longcroft Estate, situated somewhere in the mind of the talented Darren Sant. There are three stories in this collection, increasing in length and complexity. All three stories feature residents of the Longcroft going about their daily business.

There are a lot of these types of stories about at the moment, but Sant sets himself apart on two counts. Along with Paul Brazill, the two of them inject humour into a genre sometimes lacking in it. For where there is bleakness, humour is never far away. That is just a universal truth. What also sets Sant apart is what he has created in these Longcroft tales. He has created a world.

Now world-building is something usually associated with the fantasy genre, not noir. But in having created the Longcroft Estate, Sant has achieved a bordered backdrop, a grimy world of back alleys and side streets, twitching curtains and twitching bodies, where almost anything can happen. The potential, literally, is endless.

The goings on of the lowlife and the scum from the Longcroft Estate is written with Sant's signature levity. And I enjoyed every minute.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than shameless
Loved this book, It really took me into the Longcroft. The characters where all people who you'd imagine you'd meet in a sink hole estate. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs Button, Button house, Button HIll, Button Land.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fi-tim
Very interested reading all the small stories which blend into the main story .nicely written & mirrors life on a rough council estate . Enjoyable read .
Published 3 months ago by fiona timothy
5.0 out of 5 stars More please!
An excellent read, nearly impossible to put down. The stories are engrossing with believable, realistic characters. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ruth Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully bleak estate
In the Longcroft Estate Darren Sant has created a vivid setting for his tales of the characters that live their. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Aidan
5.0 out of 5 stars The Longcroft's long shadow
In his collection, "Tales from The Longcroft", Darren Sant has created an English "Last Exit To Brooklyn"; each character stands out against the hard clear landscape delineated... Read more
Published 8 months ago by GSPARK
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly Shameless
The Longcroft estate is a brillianly written witty gritty series of tales, set in and around an estate that could be anywhere in the country. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andrew Scorah
4.0 out of 5 stars something in the water.
This collection of richly-woven tales, set in TV's Shameless-esque working-class suburbia, not signifies not only the emergence of a top writer in the genre, but it seems... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Danny
5.0 out of 5 stars Three Crooked Little Stories With A Lot Of Heart
The stories in this collection are all set on The Longcroft Estate, a fictional (but totally believable) council estate in the North of England. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Benjamin Cheetham
5.0 out of 5 stars I read this in one go - superb
Brilliant character development and scene setting. If you've ever lived on one of these sort of estates you'll recognise the characters. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Flash Fiction World
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved OVERLY MEDICATED by Shaun Lewisham, so i was in the market for some gritty novels full of realism. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Davina
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