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Lem Gulliver can’t understand how the people around him manage a grown-up life — careers, mortgages, marriages etc. One day he feels the need to take control of his life and stop it unravelling before he reaches the end of the Victoria Line, which takes him daily to work.
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Sabrina Broadbent's debut novel, Descent, won the WH Smith Raw Talent Award. She lives in London and works part-time as an English teacher. A Boy's Guide to Track and Field is her second novel.
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"Countless modern novels tackle the breakdown of previously equal relationships between men and women following the arrival of children, but few do it with the sparkle and perception of Broadbent" * Guardian * "This stunning debut... is not to be missed... very funny, absorbing and moving, this comes highly recommended" * Good Book Guide * "Peppered with sharp observations... refreshingly original" -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski * Independent on Sunday * "Acutely and wittily observed" -- Kate Saunders * The Times * "An entertaining take on the mores of contemporary society" * Time Out *
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0701176865
- ISBN 13 9780701176860
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Lem Gulliver (25, maths teacher), can't seem to leave home. His mother (46, courtroom artist) and step-father (49, AA patrol man), make no secret of the fact that he's become a cuckoo in the nest, but since Dawn (27, animal rights activist) left him for a dog trainer, Lem has returned to his natural state of emotional drift. He can't understand how the people around him manage the plot of a grown-up life - careers, mortgages, marriages, homes, friends. With no girlfriend, no place of his own, no ambition and no prospects, the only real direction in his life seem to be the tracks of the Victoria line which take him daily to work. There, the likes of Emily, Nokia, Jason and Kemal stubbornly resist his efforts to make the Fibonacci code fun. One day in June, Lem gets the distinct feeling that he is unravelling; he needs to take control of his life and change it radically before he reaches the end of the line, but who will show him the way? Original, inventive and wry, Sabrina Broadbent's second novel is a vision of uncertainty, the unsaid and the untouched; a place where people lose their bearings and ultimately, a place of realignment. A Boy's Guide to Track and Field starts at Walthamstow and travels southbound towards Brixton, and the reader is swept along with Lem in a review of the past, which gradually accelerates into the present. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR008744826
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