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Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize

For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too posh' for the railways, too working class' for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.



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A delight: a boisterous, kindly, deep, sweet romp of a thing * Scotsman *
Absolutely beautiful... As far as I'm concerned he's emerging as the William Faulkner of British fiction: somebody who's created a body of work that has not only animated a language but a period and a place... He has this incredible talent -- Andrew O'Hagan
This is the best Scottish fiction since Lanark * Scottish Review of Books *
Morally sensitive, exquisitely written and emotionally mature * Guardian *
If you still haven’t read it from last year, Alan Warner’s The Deadman’s Pedal was out in paperback in this. Read it -- Janice Galloway * Scotsman *

The Deadmans Pedal

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 2 May 2013
      ISBN-13 9780099268765
      978-0099268765
      ISBN-10 0099268760

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize

      For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too posh' for the railways, too working class' for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.



      Trade Review
      A delight: a boisterous, kindly, deep, sweet romp of a thing * Scotsman *
      Absolutely beautiful... As far as I'm concerned he's emerging as the William Faulkner of British fiction: somebody who's created a body of work that has not only animated a language but a period and a place... He has this incredible talent -- Andrew O'Hagan
      This is the best Scottish fiction since Lanark * Scottish Review of Books *
      Morally sensitive, exquisitely written and emotionally mature * Guardian *
      If you still haven’t read it from last year, Alan Warner’s The Deadman’s Pedal was out in paperback in this. Read it -- Janice Galloway * Scotsman *

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