Paul Linggood

Just a Small Town (eBook, ePUB)

A powerful and hardhitting literary novella perfect for fans of Shuggie Bain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Four young people fight to survive the streets, in this gritty novella about those left behind: "Compulsive reading." -Mick Finlay, author of the Arrowood mysteries Industry is in decline. The streets are in decay. Many have gone-while those who remain seek escape in drugs. Alex consumes heroin to forget his abusive father. Jim hides from guilt about the friend he didn't save. Chelsi's brother killed a local boy, and ostracism pushes her toward a rival gang, prostitution, and loneliness. Danny is a hustler, but needs protection from the drug gang that supplies him. Can any of them endure against the odds in a town that could be anywhere in a world of addiction, crime, isolation, and manipulation? Debut author Paul Linggood raises challenging questions about a society that has become increasingly violent, in this novella of gripping suspense and gut-wrenching realism. "Each helpless soul, from the middle-aged labourers down the pub, to the hustling teenagers... are woven together by one common denominator." -Stephen Scarcliffe, author of the Chemical Estate series "Brings a feral world to life." -Helen Marshall, author of The Migration

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloodhound Books
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504089562
• Artikelnr.: 73884410