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Fan
Danny Rhodes
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Description for Fan
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
"Rhodes' depiction of disaster and ensuring PTSD has the ring of authenticity: he was at Hillsborough that fateful day" DAILY MAIL
"A remarkable thing to read. It has immense power and is utterly compelling" SCOTT PACK
In 1989, 18-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country, and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. Leading inexorably towards the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough, the worst sporting disaster on British history, 'Fan' glides between 1989 and 2004, when the true impact of this tragic day ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910050538
SKU
V9781910050538
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Danny Rhodes
Danny Rhodes grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire before moving to Kent in 1994 to attend university in Canterbury. He has lived in the cathedral city ever since. After a number of his short stories appeared in magazines on both sides of the Atlantic his debut novel, Asboville, was published in October 2006. Well received by critics, it was selected as ... Read more
Reviews for Fan
Danny Rhodes' spare prose is convincing . . . he asks important questions about social justice, but also tells a compellingly human story.
New Statesman
If you watched football in teh 1980s, you'll want to read it. If you started watching the game post-Hillsborough, you MUST read it.
Steven Wilson
Match of the Day commentator
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New Statesman
If you watched football in teh 1980s, you'll want to read it. If you started watching the game post-Hillsborough, you MUST read it.
Steven Wilson
Match of the Day commentator
... Read more