Description
Book SynopsisJoff Winterhart is an artist, writer, occasional film-maker, 'drummer', and dog fan. His graphic novel
Days of the Bagnold Summer was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2012 and adapted into a film. His second graphic novel
Driving Short Distances came out in 2017. He also made the animated films
Two Guys I know and
Violet and Turquoise, which won the Cymru BAFTA for best animation in 2003. He lives in Bristol, where he plays drums and writes songs in the long-running band Bucky, and thinks about getting a new dog.
Trade ReviewDays of the Bagnold Summer is extremely original, funny, touching and beautifully observed in both the drawing and the writing. There is probably no truer portrait of teenage and parental angst. -- Posy Simmonds
A universal crowd pleaser...my graphic novel of the year... I love this book so much, I would have to instantly excommunicate any friend who didn’t feel the same way – though such is its greatness, this won’t ever happen. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Britain’s got a new graphic novel star. This funny, sad, extraordinary study of a heavy metal-loving teen and his long-suffering single mum is so well observed it makes your heart tingle. -- Larushka Ivan-Zadek * Metro *
Days of the Bagnold Summer captures the humiliation and agony of adolescence with excruciating precision. This short, devastating book haunted me for weeks. -- Seb Hunter, author of 'Hell Bent for Leather'
This is a memorable household, seemingly passed over by history yet given their rightful place on these pages – and recommended by us as well worth meeting. * thebookbag.co.uk *
