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Dan Silas returns to America for his high school reunion where he makes some unexpected discoveries. His former girlfriend tells him that her daughter was his child and Dan's oldest friend has suffered a breakdown and now believes himself to be the reincarnation of an Indian chief. In an attempt to make sense of these disturbing facts, Dan digs further into their lives, with both tragic and comic results.
LEADING THE CHEERS is a rich portrayal of small-town life with wonderfully evoked characters and
Justin Cartwright's beautifully observed writing.
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Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa and educated in America and at Oxford University. His books include LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, INTERIOR, MASAI DREAMING, IN EVERY FACE I MEET, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, LEADING THE CHEERS which won the Whitbread Book Award for 1998, THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS, which was the winner of the 2005 Hawthornden Prize and the Sunday Times of South Africa Prize, THE SONG BEFORE IT IS SUNG, WHITE LIGHTNING which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and most recently THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS, TO HEAVEN BY WATER and OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. Justin Cartwright lives in north London with his wife and two sons.
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