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The Great Unexpected

The Great Unexpected

by Dan Mooney (Author), Dan Mooney (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $3.45
Synopsis

`'Dan [...] introduces us to a shocking post-trauma world where everything and nothing makes perfect sense'. Annie West, award-winning illustrator

'I've never read anything quite like it ... funny, moving and terrifying all at once.' Rick O'Shea


If you're going to end it, you better make it big. No slipping off bridges, it's undignified for men of our vintage. Go big or don't bother.

Joel lives in a nursing home and he's not one bit happy about it. He doesn't like being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. In fact, he doesn't like living at all, and he's decided he's going to end his life on his terms.

When he tells retired soap-actor Frank about his dark plan, Frank urges him to go out with a bang. Together, they embark on a mission to find the perfect suicide, and along the way, discover the strength of friendship when you really feel alone.



'An engaging and poignant story that deserves to be read and enjoyed' Juliet Conlin

'A brilliantly rallying cry to society filled with wonderful characters and brilliant humour' The Bookbag

'A darkly funny, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting story' Steven Primrose-Smith

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Legend Press
Published: 15 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1787198855
ISBN 13: 9781787198852

Media Reviews
'That perfect blend of pitch-black, sardonic humour ... a brilliant rallying cry to society filled with wonderful characters and a brilliant British humour ... writes about the consequences of ignoring our elderly population with pitch black wit and a lot of heart'
'A wonderfully gentle book about friendship, loss and hope. With Joel and Frank, Mooney has created two memorable characters, while carefully and cleverly avoiding stereotypes around ageing. An engaging and poignant story that deserves to be read and enjoyed!'--Juliet Conlin
'A darkly funny, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting story that could so easily have wandered into sentimentality but never got close. A beautiful and realistic voyage of a developing friendship including all the rocks along the way'--Steven Primrose-Smith
Author Bio
Dan Mooney is a 32-year-old writer and air traffic controller. An amateur filmmaker, with one of his short films broadcast on national TV, Dan is also a fan of amateur dramatics, rugby and is a friend to many cats. Dan wrote his first piece of fiction for a child-operated local newspaper at age ten and has been writing ever since. Follow Dan on Twitter @danielmoonbags He lives in Limerick, Ireland.