Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks

Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks

Hallam, a confused and sweetly old-fashioned teenager, has chosen an unusual way of following life on his father's Leicestershire estate - voyeurism. He spies on everyone: on the gardener's sex life, on his father's ridiculous plans for a underground village, on his wicked stepmother, whom he holds responsible for his mother's suicide - using telescopes, treehouses, lipstick and a dead badger. After an unfortunate chainsaw accident he moves to Edinburgh, where his voyeurism becomes more dangerous. Eventually, however, via skylights, pornographic photographs, sinister lakes and curtain-rails, Hallam is redeemed by love.

Quirky and hugely entertaining.. wonderfully orchestrated slice of Gothic farce - Christie Hickman, The Times

Superb... unusually exciting [and] amusing - Scotland on Sunday

A delight....Jinks should be applauded - Sunday Herald

So terse and tense, so utterly packed with atmosphere, and potential to scare or excite, that you simply marvel at what Jinks can do - The Scotsman

This ambitious first novel cleverly shows that voyeurism is not always motivated by desire - TLS

Quite an achievement...quirky and even charming - Independent on Sunday

An impressive debut - Glasgow Herald

Peppered with strong characters, an outrageously dysfunctional family, breakneck banter dialogue and a knowing dark humour, Hallam Foe is an excellent and absorbing read...Well-structured, fast-paced and assured, Hallam Foe is a highly promising debut from a confident and stylish writer - The List

Peter Jinks has been a journalist (winner of the Young Journalist of the Year award) and a screenplay writer (his script is in development with the BBC). He is thirty-one and lives in Sicily. Hallam Foe is his first novel.

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ISBN 13	9780747269427
ISBN 10	0747269424
Titel	Hallam Foe
Autor	Peter Jinks
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Headline Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-08-01
Seitenanzahl	224
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