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041 _aENG
082 _a 226.4
_bROB
100 _aWilliams, Robert
245 _aLuke and Jon /
_cRobert Williams .
260 _aUnited Kingdom :
_bFaber and Faber ,
_c2011 .
300 _a192 pages ;
_c20 cm .
500 _aBetty Trask Award 2011.
520 _aLuke's mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father, who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon. Jon is massively strange. He wears 1950s clothes, has a side-parting and a twitch. The kids at school call him 'Slackjaw'. When Luke discovers his secret, Jon changes his life in more ways than he can imagine. Luke and Jon is a coming of age novel about family, bereavement and how lives can change forever in a single second. Written with great power, warmth and humour, it signals a hugely engaging and original new voice. Compelling and emotionally acute, it is a unique debut.
650 _aModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c23581
_d23581