Days of the Bagnold Summer Joff Winterhart

Name: Days of the Bagnold Summer By Joff Winterhart
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Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart

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Summary

Sue, 52, works in a library. Daniel, 15, is still at school. This was the summer holidays Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's pregnant new wife in Florida. When they cancel his trip, Sue and Daniel face six long weeks together...

Days of the Bagnold Summer Summary

Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart

Discover the quirky tale of single parenting and heavy metal behind the new film from director Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners)

'When someone looks back and writes a history of this summer, two people they will almost certainly leave out are Sue and Daniel Bagnold...'

So begins Joff Winterhart's sublimely funny and perceptive graphic novel, Days of the Bagnold Summer. Sue, 52, works in a library. Daniel, 15, is still at school. This was the summer holidays Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's pregnant new wife in Florida. When they cancel his trip, Sue and Daniel face six long weeks together...
Joff Winterhart perfectly captures the ennui, the tension, the pathos and yes, the affection of this mother-son relationship. Already well-known for his animated films like Violet and Turquoise, he here shows himself to be a comics author of extraordinary talent.

Shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel

Days of the Bagnold Summer Reviews

Days of the Bagnold Summer is extremely original, funny, touching and beautifully observed in both the drawing and the writing. There is probably no truer portrait of teenage and parental angst. -- Posy Simmonds
A universal crowd pleaser...my graphic novel of the year... I love this book so much, I would have to instantly excommunicate any friend who didn't feel the same way - though such is its greatness, this won't ever happen. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Britain's got a new graphic novel star. This funny, sad, extraordinary study of a heavy metal-loving teen and his long-suffering single mum is so well observed it makes your heart tingle. -- Larushka Ivan-Zadek * Metro *
Days of the Bagnold Summer captures the humiliation and agony of adolescence with excruciating precision. This short, devastating book haunted me for weeks. -- Seb Hunter, author of 'Hell Bent for Leather'
This is a memorable household, seemingly passed over by history yet given their rightful place on these pages - and recommended by us as well worth meeting. * thebookbag.co.uk *

About Joff Winterhart

Joff Winterhart is an illustrator and film-maker and plays drums in his band, Bucky. He lives in Bristol, where he walks his greyhound, Peep-Peep. He is the author of Days of the Bagnold Summer, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel.

Additional information

Sku

GOR004426276

ISBN 13

9780224090841

ISBN 10

0224090844

Title

Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart

Author

Joff Winterhart

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

2012-06-01

Number of pages

Prizes

Short-listed for Costa Novel Award 2012

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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