Andrew Cowan, Author . Picador USA $22 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-28310-0
An unspecified tragedy shadows this quietly poignant novel, which unfolds in flashbacks as its narrator drives toward the English coast on a snowy December day. Paul, a potter, is mentally addressing his young son, Euan, as he drives, telling his...
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Andrew Cowan, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $22 (256p) ISBN 978-0-15-100265-8
Life's been looking pretty dreary to Ashley Brook, the unlikely hero of this wry, searching second novel from Scotland native Cowan (whose first novel, Pig, won the Sunday Times Young Writers Award). Ashley hates his job, teaching biology to bored,...
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Andrew Cowan, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $21 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-100218-4
First published in 1994 in England, where it won several awards, British writer Cowan's remarkable debut is a poignant coming-of-age-story set in a bleak English town. Narrator Danny, now 15, has always escaped his parents' arguments by visiting his
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Andrew Cowan, Author Mariner Books $12 (224p) ISBN 978-0-15-600545-6
This award-winning story of an English boy's coming-of-age in a bleak English town is ""moving and memorable,"" said PW. Optioned for film by Mike Leigh's Image Productions. (Sept.)
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