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041 | _aENG | ||
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_a 226.4 _bROB |
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100 | _aWilliams, Robert | ||
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_aLuke and Jon / _cRobert Williams . |
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_aUnited Kingdom : _bFaber and Faber , _c2011 . |
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_a192 pages ; _c20 cm . |
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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) | ||
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