A Boy's Guide to Track and Field

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ISBN: 9780099464532

Sabrina Broadbent

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English

Vintage
03 September 2007

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Wry, poignant and inventive - this is a story about a boy, and a young man, who feels lost in this uncertain world and is struggling to find his way.

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 his girlfriend 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.

A Boy's Guide to Track and Field starts at Walthamstow and travels southbound towards Brixton; the reader is swept along with Lem in a review of the past which gradually accelerates into the present.

By: Sabrina Broadbent
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780099464532
ISBN 10: 0099464535
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 September 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for A Boy's Guide to Track and Field

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 * The writing is subtle, funny and refreshingly superior...Recommended for young urbanites -- Andrew Morrod * Daily Mail *