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During the heatwave of 1975, Maggie, thirteen, goes to live with her grandfather, Pop, in Sutton Coldfield. Pops mission is to know everything: the annual Fox and Dogs pub quiz is looming. Maggie doesn't know everything, but she does know the great comedians, about country music, and how her mother died.
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A funny, sad and moving work of great depth. Parting with them at the end is a wrench... -- The Big Issue October 8-14 2001.
An authentic, gentle and genuinely funny account of ordinary life,.. this novel is at once life-affirming and important. -- Independent On Sunday. October 14 2001
Impressively original, both intense and distanced, and sometimes very funny. Her prose is full of gorgeous description... -- The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. September 23 2001.
Kitty Aldridge is a real discovery, a writer of precision, delicacy and wit, and her first novel is a rare delight. SALMAN RUSHDIE. -- SALMAN RUSHDIE.2001.
Sumptuous, beautiful and breathtakingly vivid. ESTHER FREUD. -- ESTHER FREUD.2001.
This breathtaking debut is set in the 70's and follows 13 yr old Maggie who goes to live with her grandfather, Pop, after the death of her mother... -- HEAT 6-12 October 2001.
[a] sharply-observed, witty and moving novel... -- SAINSBURYS magazine: Book of the month: November 2001.
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An authentic, gentle and genuinely funny account of ordinary life,.. this novel is at once life-affirming and important. -- Independent On Sunday. October 14 2001
Impressively original, both intense and distanced, and sometimes very funny. Her prose is full of gorgeous description... -- The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. September 23 2001.
Kitty Aldridge is a real discovery, a writer of precision, delicacy and wit, and her first novel is a rare delight. SALMAN RUSHDIE. -- SALMAN RUSHDIE.2001.
Sumptuous, beautiful and breathtakingly vivid. ESTHER FREUD. -- ESTHER FREUD.2001.
This breathtaking debut is set in the 70's and follows 13 yr old Maggie who goes to live with her grandfather, Pop, after the death of her mother... -- HEAT 6-12 October 2001.
[a] sharply-observed, witty and moving novel... -- SAINSBURYS magazine: Book of the month: November 2001.
POP sings with the poetry of the suburbs and aches with the poignancy of adolescence. Kitty Aldridge has a wonderfully distinctive voice and a deliciously sharp eye for the extraordinariness of ordinary lives.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0224062468
- ISBN 13 9780224062466
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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