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Synopsis
When his grandmother dies and his grandfather is sent to a rest home, fifteen-year-old Danny decides to maintain their isolated cottage on the outskirts of town and care for their ancient pig during what will be for him an extraordinary summer. He falls in love with Surinder, a young Indian girl, and the two create a haven for themselves, a refuge from the oppressive world of their bigoted parents and neighbors as well as their own anxieties and discontent. When he is not with Surinder, he makes daily visits to the rest home to see his grandfather, who regales him with tales of pig breeding and slaughter and of the local steel mill in its heyday. And of course there is the pig. But all too soon hints appear of the end of summer and more: the pig begins to die slowly, and Surinder turns her sights beyond the town limits.
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Review
A coming-of-age story as strange and surprising, in its way, as THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (New York Times)
Cowan's writing is reminiscent of Roddy Doyle's in his ability to recreate the intense emotions of youth. (The Good Book Guide)
A first novel of extraordinary poise and accomplishment, treating a boy's coming of age amid the squalid realities of the new British underclass with a delicacy and lyricism which is both gripping and moving (Michael Dibdin)
The detail is immaculately recorded; the effect is heartbreaking (Louisa Young, Sunday Times)
[A] wholly satisfying book, quietly beautiful and inescapably ominous (David Buckley, Observer)
Beautifully evoked ... Cowan writes with a deceptive simplicity (Amanda Craig, The Times)
A wonderful first novel (Christopher Hart, Daily Telegraph)
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Cowan's beautifully drawn, multi award-winning first novel of love in the hostile climate of modern British society
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