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You Don't Have to Say

You Don't Have to Say

by Alan Beard (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $3.20
Synopsis

A boy watches the sinister goings on of an urban estate. A computer specialist in a hospital witnesses a disturbing incident on the roof. The crime career for 'Hot Little Danny' - a teenage tearaway with a teacher girlfriend - is inexorably upward. Infidelity, old friendships and passions haunt the drifting lives of Beard's characters, fuelled by drugs and alcohol, dogged by uncertain employment. You Don't Have to Say is downhearted but finds warmth in people on the edges of the urban landscape, skewering adversity with uncanny empathy and insight .

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Tindal Street Press
Published: 30 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1906994129
ISBN 13: 9781906994129
Book Overview: Alan Beard's long-awaited second short story collection follows his groundbreaking debut collection Taking Doreen out of the Sky, which received glowing tributes in reviews in 1997 and won the author the prestigious Tom Gallon Award.

Media Reviews
'A truly fine collection' * The Times *
'Beard achieves a startling poignancy' * Times Literary Supplement *
'Superb . . . His approach combines an often startling desire for stylistic experimentation with an honest commitment to the issues of the day' * Time Out *
Author Bio
Born in Tewkesbury, Alan Beard, married with teenage daughters, has lived in Birmingham for 25 years. He works as a librarian for the Birmingham City University and is secretary of a successful writers group. His stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and in many literary magazinesand anthologies in England and USA.