King of the Road - Mangel
King of the Road - Mangel
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12 July, 2011
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Three years have passed since Royston Blake left Mangel for Parpham Mental Hospital, his unstable mind finally entrusted to professionals. He served his stretch, and now he’s out, pronounced “cured” by the Doc. But a lot can change in three years, even in Mangel. Blake’s gal, Sal, has gone off and had a kid for one. His kid…whom Blake’s never even met. Not to mention that most of his old haunts, including Hoppers, are gone, replaced by a gleaming new shopping mall. But like the Doc says, change isn’t always for the better. A mysterious opposition group calling itself the “Old Guard” has expressed its displeasure with the development in the local newspaper. Now words are no longer enough, and they want Blake to enforce their message the old-fashioned way. But Blake just wants to do right by his son, a simple dream made all the more complicated once he realizes Mangel won’t let him go without a fight. Charlie Williams has upped the stakes with King of the Road, a new twist on his violent, darkly comedic chronicles of Mangel.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781935597490 |
| ISBN10 | 1935597493 |
| Number Of Pages | 316 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Amazon Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
“There’s a real depth to the characters…Anyone familiar with small town life will appreciate the pitch-black sense of humour.” —Big Issue in the North “Blake is a dazzling creation of well-intentioned prejudice and overblown machismo, dripping with dramatic irony.” —BBC Online “This is gloriously funny stuff and so original that other writers must be gnashing their teeth in jealousy” —Guardian
Author's Bio
Charlie Williams was born in Worcester, England, where he still lives with his wife and two children. His novels include Deadfolk, Booze and Burn, King of the Road, and Stairway to Hell, and have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian.