Blackden

ISBN-13: 9780393319750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 238 str.

Duncan McLean;McLean

Opis

In the highland town of Blackden, things have gotten overheated despite being overtaken by the chill of winter. Inside the head of eighteen-year-old Patrick Hunter, an auctioneer's assistant, the blood is boiling. Fueled by a potent mix of yankee doodle pie and beer, Patrick spends a November weekend on his own when his off-balanced mother goes to the city. Racing around the hills and dens of his hometown, he is half in escape from worn-out friends, drudging work, and painful memories, and half in pursuit of a girl, his father's ghost, and a new life. "Brilliantly funny: fast, sharp, constant banter, even when the narrator is only talking to himself."Times Literary Supplement "A hilarious and touching insight into the mind of a young man, balanced between naivety and maturity."--The List