The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight

Sion Scott-Wilson

ISBN 10: 0330460811 / ISBN 13: 9780330460811

Published by Pan Macmillan, 2009

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: En esta curiosa y brillante fábula nocturna, un joven llamado Mikey Hough sueña con unirse a la hermandad de los clavadistas de Acapulco y construye una plataforma de clavados en el jardín de su casa. Tras despertar de un coma, se hace amigo de Roger, un expiloto hospitalizado. Mikey descubre que su intento de vuelo dañó su núcleo supraquiasmático, impidiéndole dormir. Junto a Livia, una cínica adolescente, Mikey emprende un viaje para encontrar la medalla robada de Roger, enfrentándose a personajes peculiares en el corazón de los suburbios ingleses. Juntos, persuaden a Roger para realizar un último vuelo. EAN: 9780330460811 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight Autor: Sion Scott-Wilson Editorial: Pan Macmillan Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330460811
• ISBN 13: 9780330460811
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Bueno

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Synopsis

'Funny and filled with heart . . . a sparky debut' – Alexandra Heminsley, The London Paper

Dreaming of joining the brotherhood of Acapulcan cliff-divers, young Mikey Hough rigs a diving platform in the garden of his suburban Berkshire home. Two years later, when he awakes from his coma, Mikey befriends Roger, an elderly ex-pilot hospitalised when his precious Distinguished Flying Cross was violently stolen from him. Mikey soon learns that his own disastrous attempt at flight has damaged his Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, destroying his ability to sleep. The medical profession can do nothing for him. He is sent home from hospital to die. One night, a despondent Mikey stumbles across Livia, the cynical teenage ward of a neighbouring councilman. Together they decide to track down Roger’s stolen medal.

So begins a remarkable, picaresque journey into the dark heart of suburban England, during which the fearless Mikey and Livia confront a sprawling cast of pensioners, policemen and criminals – including the profoundly sinister man-child ‘The Fat Controller’. As they hurtle towards daybreak, they persuade Roger to undertake one last, gut-wrenching sortie into the night skies.

The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight is a heart-rending and riotous mini-epic, a brilliantly subversive coming-of-age tale about what happens when dark and light collide, and society’s marginalised find their voice.

'A humorous, moving and eloquent debut' Bookseller

About the Author

Siôn Scott-Wilson works in advertising and has won many industry awards for his television work, including a BAFTA nomination. He is married with two children.