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 and was made into a film, and Driving Short Distances.
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.
*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.
*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*
Superstar in the making…as affecting as Raymond Briggs, as beady as
Posy Simmonds, a truly fantastic debut… I cherished Winterhart’s
drawings. These Bagnolds are well-observed to the point of cruelty,
and yet his affection for them is never in doubt.
*Observer*
Remarkable…beautifully observed and balanced. It’s
thought-provoking, entertaining and real without being sycophantic…
You should make time for this book..
*Forbidden Planet Blog*
If like me you’re new to graphic novels then trust me when I say
this is the perfect starting point, and if you’re a regular graphic
novel reader then please give this little volume a chance. It may
be small but it has so much heart inside that you’ll never quite be
able to leave it behind.
*bookmonkeyscribbles*
Heartfelt and often heartbreaking.
*Dog Eared Discs*
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