
by Matt Thorne (Author)
'Thorne's clear, deep, slightly sardonic style is a real find and eschews youthful show-offery to create a story with many levels, and characters whose frayed edges cast them in sharp relief against a background of a decaying tourist town. Tourist, the story of an attempt to shrug off all-town boredom by creating a futuristic nightclub, is an understated triumph' The Big Issue 'In clear and intelligent prose, Thorne portrays the sad sickliness of those who try to make a lifestyle out of a place that should only be visited. The subculture of this seaside town will hang around like the aroma of old chips' Gill Hornby, Times
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0753811375
ISBN 13: 9780753811375
Book Overview: The terrific first novel by a highly-acclaimed young writer Tourist was longlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize Eight Minutes Idle film rights acquired by Film Four To be reissued alongside Dreaming of Strangers with an attractive new cover treatment 'A memorable debut...Matt Thorne's bleak tale of a heroine who opts out of fashion and ambition deserves to thrive' Boyd Tonkin, Independent