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The Almost Lizard
by James Higgerson
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Pub Date
1 Mar 2013
| Archive Date
10 Jul 2013
Description
A dark and addictive debut novel
Blurb
Today is Daniel Lizard’s
twenty-first birthday and he has just completed his autobiography. Now, he
plans on killing himself, leaving behind possibly the longest suicide note ever
committed to paper.
Daniel creates soap operas in his
head - a game that he plays on his paper-round. Rather than a phase, this is
just the beginning of a fantasy that becomes more and more elaborate as the
people around Daniel become his unwitting co-stars.
Daniel begins to realise that, in
life, you cannot write all of the scripts, there is no-one there to shout cut
or hit rewind and, inevitably, all manipulations have their repercussions.
A dark and addictive debut novel
Blurb
Today is Daniel Lizard’s twenty-first birthday and he has just completed his autobiography. Now, he plans on killing himself, leaving behind possibly the...
Description
A dark and addictive debut novel
Blurb
Today is Daniel Lizard’s
twenty-first birthday and he has just completed his autobiography. Now, he
plans on killing himself, leaving behind possibly the longest suicide note ever
committed to paper.
Daniel creates soap operas in his
head - a game that he plays on his paper-round. Rather than a phase, this is
just the beginning of a fantasy that becomes more and more elaborate as the
people around Daniel become his unwitting co-stars.
Daniel begins to realise that, in
life, you cannot write all of the scripts, there is no-one there to shout cut
or hit rewind and, inevitably, all manipulations have their repercussions.
A Note From the Publisher
James Higgerson was born in the West Midlands in 1982 and currently lives in Manchester. He has contributed to the anthologies Litmus: Short Stories From Modern Science (2011) and Still (2012). James was awarded second place in the 2008 Luke Bitmead Bursary Award, and has previously co-run the writing projects 'The Industry of Guilt' and 'Bad Marmalade.' James has also reviewed gigs and CDs for the music website Whisperin' and Hollerin'. He is currently finishing a PhD in European Urban Health at The University of Manchester. Follow James on Twitter @JimStripe
James Higgerson was born in the West Midlands in 1982 and currently lives in Manchester. He has contributed to the anthologies Litmus: Short Stories From Modern Science (2011) and Still (2012). James...
A Note From the Publisher
James Higgerson was born in the West Midlands in 1982 and currently lives in Manchester. He has contributed to the anthologies Litmus: Short Stories From Modern Science (2011) and Still (2012). James was awarded second place in the 2008 Luke Bitmead Bursary Award, and has previously co-run the writing projects 'The Industry of Guilt' and 'Bad Marmalade.' James has also reviewed gigs and CDs for the music website Whisperin' and Hollerin'. He is currently finishing a PhD in European Urban Health at The University of Manchester. Follow James on Twitter @JimStripe
Advance Praise
‘a superb tragicomic satire on
our soap-opera-saturated culture' - Sam Mills
‘a superb tragicomic satire on
our soap-opera-saturated culture' - Sam Mills
Marketing Plan
‘a neat idea… a plot full of
death and disaster’ - The Metro, Pick of Indie Fiction for the week
'Like Sylvia Plath in The Bell
Jar or Iain Bank's in The Crow Road the story begins with intimations of death,
and although the reader always knows the outcome to this story, the journey
there is worth taking… The novel goes along at quite a pace, with all of the
confidence, and some of the self-doubt that inflicts every teenager. James
Higgerson is a talented writer, with a bright future ahead of him, and will be
a name to look out for.' - New Books Magazine
‘As openers go, the first page of
Manchester author James Higgerson’s debut novel The Almost Lizard is a real
attention-grabber… What follows is a voyage through mental illness in a TV and
media-obsessed society.’ - Manchester Evening News
‘a neat idea… a plot full of
death and disaster’ - The Metro, Pick of Indie Fiction for the week
'Like Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar or Iain Bank's in The Crow Road the story begins with intimations...
Marketing Plan
‘a neat idea… a plot full of
death and disaster’ - The Metro, Pick of Indie Fiction for the week
'Like Sylvia Plath in The Bell
Jar or Iain Bank's in The Crow Road the story begins with intimations of death,
and although the reader always knows the outcome to this story, the journey
there is worth taking… The novel goes along at quite a pace, with all of the
confidence, and some of the self-doubt that inflicts every teenager. James
Higgerson is a talented writer, with a bright future ahead of him, and will be
a name to look out for.' - New Books Magazine
‘As openers go, the first page of
Manchester author James Higgerson’s debut novel The Almost Lizard is a real
attention-grabber… What follows is a voyage through mental illness in a TV and
media-obsessed society.’ - Manchester Evening News
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| ISBN |
9781908248282 |
| PRICE |
£7.99 (GBP)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781908248282 |
| PRICE |
£7.99 (GBP)
|
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