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Group of Heroes by Nick Tozcek
SINAP imprint of Skrev Press, 15 Pwllhai, Cardigan, SA43 1DB; ISBN 1904646107; A5 perfect bound; 116pp; £5.99
A novella set in Moseley, Birmingham, loosely following guitarist Andy, his girlfriend Sue (who was the drummer until too pregnancy-bloated to get behind the kit), various liggers, hangers-on and associates, as "Fantasy fortifies the under-forties. We’re all artists or poets or else musicians... heroic figures. Icons-in-waiting. A glittering future beckons for us and our hangers-on...". The characters, scenarios and broken promises will be painfully familiar to anyone who’s been there (or still is), laced with Tozcek’s dark humour. If the idea appeals, so will the book. If the idea doesn’t appeal, still look out for Tozcek’s name, he’s versatile enough to have written something to suit.
SINAP imprint of Skrev Press, 15 Pwllhai, Cardigan, SA43 1DB; ISBN 1904646107; A5 perfect bound; 116pp; £5.99
A novella set in Moseley, Birmingham, loosely following guitarist Andy, his girlfriend Sue (who was the drummer until too pregnancy-bloated to get behind the kit), various liggers, hangers-on and associates, as "Fantasy fortifies the under-forties. We’re all artists or poets or else musicians... heroic figures. Icons-in-waiting. A glittering future beckons for us and our hangers-on...". The characters, scenarios and broken promises will be painfully familiar to anyone who’s been there (or still is), laced with Tozcek’s dark humour. If the idea appeals, so will the book. If the idea doesn’t appeal, still look out for Tozcek’s name, he’s versatile enough to have written something to suit.
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