A tale of single parenting and heavy metal. Shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel.
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.
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 *
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