by NicholasEvans (Author)
The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave. It's 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. Tommy, a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians, needs all the bravery he can summon. Salvation comes when his glamorous actress sister is swept off to Hollywood by one of his heroes, TV cowboy Ray Montane. But with the Cold War looming, the sinister side of Tinseltown seeps through and Tommy and Diane soon find themselves in jeopardy. Forty years on, Tommy has to confront his boyhood ghosts when his own son finds himself charged with murder.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Export ed
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 16 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1408702894
ISBN 13: 9781408702895
Book Overview: Nicholas Evans's most powerful and ambitious novel yet