Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma - Softcover

Hudson, Kerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143124641 ISBN 13: 9780143124641

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2014

Synopsis

?A witty and lively novel set somewhere between the worlds of Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.” ?William Dalyrymple, The Guardian

Reminiscent of early Roddy Doyle, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma begins with our singular heroine’s less than idyllic birth and quickly moves to a spectacular fight that lands Janie and her mother in a local women’s shelter. From there it’s on to a dodgy council flat and a succession of unsuitable men, including the hard-drinking, drug-dealing, ice-cream-buying Tony Hogan. Kerry Hudson’s arrestingly original debut will enthrall readers with Janie’s tragicomic and moving story about coming of age in a non-traditional family amid the absurdities of the 1980s and Thatcherite Britain.

About this title

About the Author:

Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Growing up in a succession of council estates provided her with a keen eye for idiosyncratic behaviors, and plenty of material for this, her first novel. She lives and writes in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0143124641
• ISBN 13: 9780143124641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266