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Cautious, A Boat Adrift
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As a failing journalist cares for his alcoholic grandfather, remnants of the elderly man’s long-buried stories resurface and drive him to an obsessional search for truth.“The land of men is an untouched one. It is the companionship of quiet. It is so many darkened boats, heading their own way, in the night.”Leeds, 2017. Disaffected journalist Fred Whitby and his mother visit Grandad Norman following the death of his callous second wife, Brenda. Norman has relapsed into alcoholism. Brenda’s daughter and her husband have invaded the house.Whilst writing a diary in attempt to revive his creativity, Fred finds himself cast adrift in his family history, trying frantically to piece together the fragmented memories, half-truths, secrets and mythologies that lie therein. Disappearances. Post-war protection rackets. An IRA bomb plot. Romantic rivalries. The kidnap of a traitorous miner.As spectres of the past meet with the looming presence of a post-truth future, Fred must navigate the illogical and unprovable stories of his grandfather and come to terms with the absence of irrecoverable voices in his quest for whatever truth and meaning remains.
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| Weight | 0.255375 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.8542 × 13.1064 × 19.685 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 280 |
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| Year Published | 2023-7-11 |
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| Publication City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 1914420659 |
| About The Author | Tommy Sissons is a writer, poet and educator living in London. His debut polemic A Small Man’s England was published by Repeater Books in 2021 and his poetry has been featured in a variety of journals, including The Poetry Review. Sissons is also the editor of GRASS Magazine, a publication specialising in working-class literature and art. He has toured his spoken-word poetry across Europe and has delivered talks on youth culture and education at numerous institutions, including the V&A Museum, the University of Sussex and Sheffield Hallam University. |
| Other text | “Sissons’ voice (on both, stage and page) cuts through the social fabric of modern British society. He writes with honesty, curiosity and thoughtful urgency. I’m grateful for talents like his. The stories of our post-Brexit era are incomplete without them.”Raymond Antrobus, author of The Perseverance “A powerful story of family and culture echoing the great Northern tradition. Proudly working class.”John King, author of The Football Factory “This is a fascinating, compelling, often beautiful examination of myth, tribal bonds, the imperative of story and vitality of empathy and, as centred on one community in Yorkshire rocked by vast historical forces, the question of how the hell did we get to where we are. Skillful, driven, and crucial.”Niall Griffiths, author of Broken Ghost |
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