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The Pelican Crossing
by Adrian P Conway
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Pub Date
28 Jul 2023
| Archive Date
10 Aug 2023
Description
Love conquers all, they say. The streets disagree.
Two teenagers connect across the divides of London’s gangs. Meteor, a WMD, and Jaycee, from a different postcode. Yet their deepening relationship feels matched at every turn by the hostility of the world around them.
To escape its grasp they’ll need all their smarts, and faith in one another.
To survive what’s coming, they’ll need something far greater.
Love conquers all, they say. The streets disagree.
Two teenagers connect across the divides of London’s gangs. Meteor, a WMD, and Jaycee, from a different postcode. Yet their deepening...
Description
Love conquers all, they say. The streets disagree.
Two teenagers connect across the divides of London’s gangs. Meteor, a WMD, and Jaycee, from a different postcode. Yet their deepening relationship feels matched at every turn by the hostility of the world around them.
To escape its grasp they’ll need all their smarts, and faith in one another.
To survive what’s coming, they’ll need something far greater.
A Note From the Publisher
Adrian P Conway, author of novella, The Pelican Crossing, lives in a house near St Albans with other Conways but no dog. He writes gritty, soulful, literary fiction including micro and short stories many of which can be found on his imaginatively named Adrian’s Fiction Substack. He is currently busy writing his first novel out of the story world of The Pelican Crossing. When not writing, he can be found in the kitchen and also in the kitchen at parties.
Adrian P Conway, author of novella, The Pelican Crossing, lives in a house near St Albans with other Conways but no dog. He writes gritty, soulful, literary fiction including micro and short stories...
A Note From the Publisher
Adrian P Conway, author of novella, The Pelican Crossing, lives in a house near St Albans with other Conways but no dog. He writes gritty, soulful, literary fiction including micro and short stories many of which can be found on his imaginatively named Adrian’s Fiction Substack. He is currently busy writing his first novel out of the story world of The Pelican Crossing. When not writing, he can be found in the kitchen and also in the kitchen at parties.
Marketing Plan
Honest, heartbreaking, spiritual novella set in the world of London teen gangs
An unusual subject for spiritual fiction, with the hopes of touching people's hearts
A modern twist on Romeo and Juliet that should speak to readers
Honest, heartbreaking, spiritual novella set in the world of London teen gangs
An unusual subject for spiritual fiction, with the hopes of touching people's hearts
A modern twist on Romeo and Juliet...
Marketing Plan
Honest, heartbreaking, spiritual novella set in the world of London teen gangs
An unusual subject for spiritual fiction, with the hopes of touching people's hearts
A modern twist on Romeo and Juliet that should speak to readers
Available Editions
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| ISBN |
9781805145943 |
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£3.99 (GBP)
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| PAGES |
72
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781805145943 |
| PRICE |
£3.99 (GBP)
|
| PAGES |
72
|
Available on NetGalley
NetGalley Shelf App (EPUB)
Send to Kindle (EPUB)
Download (EPUB)
Average rating from 1 member
Featured Reviews
Robin P, Reviewer
Adrian P. Conway is economical with his words but creates a big story. And I rather think this is just an acorn from which a mighty oak will one day grow.
Adjusting a template that once held Romeo And Juliet and Graham Greene's iconic Brighton Rock the author introduces Meteor.
The setting is the urban jungle of London. On these tough London estates you are either a gang member or a victim. There's not much in between.
The author creates a bleak, black and white landscape until Meteor finds Jaycee, and then fine, elegant brushstrokes introduces them to the vibrant colours of Tate Britain. There's great skill in the literary technique: from Urban or Jamaican patois, to the profundity of tears spilled as pleasure boats passby, and the chilling inevitably of the denouement. A writer on the cusp of greatness.
Featured Reviews
Robin P, Reviewer
Adrian P. Conway is economical with his words but creates a big story. And I rather think this is just an acorn from which a mighty oak will one day grow.
Adjusting a template that once held Romeo And Juliet and Graham Greene's iconic Brighton Rock the author introduces Meteor.
The setting is the urban jungle of London. On these tough London estates you are either a gang member or a victim. There's not much in between.
The author creates a bleak, black and white landscape until Meteor finds Jaycee, and then fine, elegant brushstrokes introduces them to the vibrant colours of Tate Britain. There's great skill in the literary technique: from Urban or Jamaican patois, to the profundity of tears spilled as pleasure boats passby, and the chilling inevitably of the denouement. A writer on the cusp of greatness.
