Review
Praise for" The Season Ticket:
"Life-affirming, hilarious... As true as Roddy Doyle." -"GQ
"Excruciatingly funny...compelling." -"TLS
"Life-affirming, hilarious... As true as Roddy Doyle." -"GQ
"Excruciatingly funny...compelling." -"TLS
Books Magazine
‘A poignant, touching celebration of the power of love’
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The Times
'The reluctant and inarticulate friendship that develops between the unemotional retired miner and the damaged youngster is simply touching...’
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Irish News
'The Bonny Lad celebrates the redemptive power of love with humour and poignancy, without flinching form counting its cost...'
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Book Description
'Like an English Roddy Doyle, Tulloch's dialect and characterisation of a community down but not out is at once hilarious and heartbreaking. And the manner in which he develops themes hatched in last year's brilliant debut, The Season Ticket, suggests Tulloch's Gateshead may become as memorable as Doyle's Dublin' GQ
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Product Description
Sonny Gee is six years old when his mother abandons him. He is taken in by his Grandfather, Joe, a former miner, grim and tacturn. Immediately locked in conflict, an inarticulate tenderness grows between the old man and the boy. This new relationship, however, is threatened by forces from the past.
About the Author
Jonathan Tulloch lives in the north-east of England with his wife and child. His first novel, The Season Ticket, won the Betty Trask Award and was released as the feature film Purely Belter. A prize-winning short story writer, The Bonny Lad is his second novel. (20020220)
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