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 TimesSuperb... unusually exciting [and] amusing - Scotland on SundayA delight....Jinks should be applauded - Sunday HeraldSo terse and tense, so utterly packed with atmosphere, and potential to scare or excite, that you simply marvel at what Jinks can do - The ScotsmanThis ambitious first novel cleverly shows that voyeurism is not always motivated by desire - TLSQuite an achievement...quirky and even charming - Independent on SundayAn impressive debut - Glasgow HeraldPeppered 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 |
| Title | Hallam Foe |
| Author | Peter Jinks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2001-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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