Magnificent Joe - Softcover

Wheatley, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851689664 ISBN 13: 9781851689668

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2013

Synopsis

Joe is different. Sensitive and vulnerable, he is bullied by the local kids, he lives with his aging mother and the highlight of his year is playing the back-end of a horse in the local panto. Jim has no job. He also can’t drive, he’s never had a girlfriend and he’s just been released from prison.

When Jim returns home, an extraordinary friendship between the two outsiders begins. But when rumours of an unthinkable crime get out of control, Jim and Joe’s loyalties are put to the test.

A wonderful and utterly gripping coming-of-age story and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick, Magnificent Joe is a funny and touching tale of the lengths we go to when everything we have is at stake.

About this title

Review:

‘entertaining’ Independent on Sunday

About the Author:

James Wheatley was born in the North of England and has worked as a roofer, a labourer, a financial and business risk analyst, and a market researcher. He currently lives in Yorkshire, England, where he divides his time between writing and playing guitar. Magnificent Joe is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1851689664
• ISBN 13: 9781851689668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288