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Overland (Paperback)
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Overland (Paperback)
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Welcome to the happy-go-lucky world of 19-year-old Daniel Brownlow
as he travels abroad after leaving school. Things 'just happen' to
Dan, a Seventies teenager with a blue Mohican and the nickname
'madness'. In "Overland" Daniel's journey to experience life heads
in unexpected directions. Waiting for a bus he meets 44-year-old
Oliver, a powerful man with a mysterious past, who needs his help.
Dan agrees to spend 'a couple of hours' helping Oliver to catch up
with his wife, who has just walked out on their family holiday,
taking their car and two young children and heading home. What
follows is a modern day Odyssey for both men; a journey home which
swings from humour to terror, frustration to enlightenment, as they
battle with events, themselves and Oliver's former girlfriend,
Caroline. Collins depicts with great delicacy the growing
friendship between the two men at different stages of life's
journey. This rich, deft, second novel again displays Collins'
precise imagery of landscape, from Europe's snow-covered mountains
to flat roads and cities and down to the coast, revealing a strong
and unforced affinity with the land. '"Overland"' is a compulsive
read as, like Dan, the reader needs to see the book through its
unexpected, sometimes enjoyable, sometimes horrific, twists and
turns, to its final destination.
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Imprint: |
Seren Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2006 |
First published: |
April 2007 |
Authors: |
Richard Collins
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Dimensions: |
208 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-85411-420-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-85411-420-4 |
Barcode: |
9781854114204 |
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