Sonny and Hazel, two exiles from Ulster, meet at the London funeral of a friend. Sonny dreams of becoming a country singer in the mould of his idol Hank Williams and persuades Hazel to accompany him on a summer odyssey through the West Country, where the two innocents confront disturbing realities. Maurice Leitch won "The Guardian" Fiction Prize in 1969 for "Poor Lazarus" and was the recipient of the 1980 Whitbread Prize for Fiction for "Silver City". He has also written "The Liberty Lad", "Chinese Whispers" and "The Hands of Cheryl Boyd".
- ISBN10 0099634007
- ISBN13 9780099634003
- Publish Date 2 August 1990 (first published April 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 288
- Language English