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Two Summers by Glenn Patterson

A pair of novellas, set over two pivotal summers in the lives of two young men from Belfast, recall the constraints of the place where they were born and the times in which they are living. Capturing the innocence of adolescent boys, their passion, confusion and yearning, Two Summers is for anyone who has ever been young.

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A pair of novellas, set over two pivotal summers in the lives of two young men from Belfast, recall the constraints of the place where they were born and the times in which they are on the RoadIt's 1980 and in the last summer before his A levels Mark lands a job he didn't even know he had applied for, sweeping streets for Belfast City Council. Called 'binman' by his schoolfriends, 'snooty' by his workmates, he can't imagine anything less like a holiday. Day by day, though, navigating bomb scares, punishing hangovers, broken television sets and a loving but chaotic home life, he begins to glimpse a path all his own, even if he can't see yet where exactly it is going to Summer of the Shangri-LasThree years earlier Gem has driven his mother to the brink. She packs him off to stay with his aunt in New York during the infernal heat of the summer of 1977. It's the summer too of disco, of punk, the summer of Sam, and Elvis dead on the bathroom floor. For Gem though it will forever after be the summer he met Vivien – as rooted in the city as he is adrift; the summer he stumbled on Mary, Liz and Margie, three-quarters of the greatest New York group of all (and they'd fight anyone who said otherwise); the summer he learned how to go the innocence of adolescent boys, their passion, confusion and yearning, Two Summers is for anyone who has ever been young.

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Two Summers is a fascinating look at life in Belfast during the Troubles -- Sue Leonard * Irish Examiner *
'A pair of novellas so good they could both have easily run to full length' -- Aimée Walsh * The Irish Times *
Praise for Glenn Patterson'Glenn Patterson is a national treasure.' Ian Samson (forHere's Me Here)'Clear-eyed and compassionate.' Anne Enright (forHere's Me Here)'No other novelist has proved as capable of capturing the heart of modern Belfast' Sunday Tribune(forGull)
Breezy impressionistic portraits of two places and two people. * Sunday Independent *

Details ISBN1848408986 Author Glenn Patterson Pages 208 Publisher New Island Books Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781848408982 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-09-18 Imprint New Island Books Place of Publication Dublin Country of Publication Ireland Audience General DEWEY 823.92 ISBN-10 1848408986 UK Release Date 2023-09-18 Country of Origin PL Product Class Description General & Literary Fiction
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