Fan - Softcover

Danny Rhodes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190980780X ISBN 13: 9781909807808

Publisher: Arcadia Books, 2014

Synopsis

'If you watched football in the 1980s, you ll want to read it. If you started watching the game post-Hillsborough, you MUST read it' - Steve Wilson, MOTD commentator

'Rhodes depiction of disaster and ensuing PTSD has the ring of authenticity: he was at Hillsborough that fateful day' - Daily Mail

'Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read for impassioned impact, beauty of writing, absolute authenticity and pure emotional resonance' - lizlovesbooks

In 1989, eighteen-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. His blossoming relationship with girlfriend Jen is his only other respite. In 2004 he spends his days teaching in a southern secondary school while delaying the inevitable onslaught of parenthood. Leading inexorably towards the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough and the worst sporting disaster in British history, this book glides between 1989 and 2004, when the true impact of this tragic day becomes evident.

Fan is a book about personal and collective tragedy. It s about growing up and not growing up, about manhood and about what makes a man, and about football s role in reflecting a society never more than a brick s throw away from shattering point.

Dark, haunting and deeply personal, Danny Rhodes heart-felt novel explodes with gut-wrenching emotion and exposes how disaster can not only affect a life, but change its course forever.

Danny Rhodes was at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989.

A percentage of profits will go to the Anfield Sports & Community Centre (ASCC), on behalf and in memory of the Hillsborough 96.

About this title

About the Author

Danny Rhodes grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire before moving to Kent in 1994. He has lived in the Cathedral city ever since.

His debut novel, Asboville, was published in October 2006. Well received by critics, it was selected as a Waterstones Booksellers Paperback of the Year and adapted for BBC Films by the dramatist Nick Leather.

Rhodes' second novel Soldier Boy was published in February 2009.

His new novel, FAN, tells the story of a football supporter trying to come to terms with tragedy, loss and a disconnect from the game he loves. It was published in April 2014.

Danny continues to write short stories in a variety of genres.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190980780X
• ISBN 13: 9781909807808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300