Manchester Summer
2 primary works
Book 1
Alex Kavanagh is a pedantic, physics-obsessed geek. He's a teacher who hates teaching; a lover who's just been dumped (again); a writer whose articles all get rejected; an adult who still lives at home and gets bullied at the bus stop by teenagers; and he's just had the worst day of his life. So far, so bad. Things can only get better, right? While drowning his sorrows he sees an ex from six years ago, Lucy Spiers. The point when Lucy dumped him was the point when his life started to go nuclear. He can't help himself: he tells her exactly what he thinks of her. So it comes as a surprise when they go on a date. He didn't expect a spark to be reignited. Couldn't foresee the power of magnetism. He hadn't realised that he still loved her. Holy protons, he hopes she's changed. She's changed all right. For a start, she's actually Lucy's twin sister, Jane...Cold Fusion is a story wrapped around an enigma. It's a novel about making peace with the past and moving on.
Book 2
Mark Hopton's an outsider obsessed with Manchester music. He knows the dates, facts, band members, lyrics, histories and places. He can join them in complicated webs of association because he knows the secret: everything's connected. Music's his escape into a better world.
Oh man, he needs that escape. His dad's in prison, his psycho brother's only one step away, and they're twisting his melons trying to make him risk his freedom by smuggling drugs. It ain't easy saying no when family and their shady contacts can be bone-breakingly persuasive. Heaven knows he's miserable now.
The summer sun does bring one ray of light: he secretly admires Samantha, a beautiful Welsh girl at work. Watching her is like listening to music, it strengthens him, she's his wonderwall of true faith. He's happy with that. Love is fool's gold.
2000 Tunes is a meditation on life, family, friends, growing up, and following your dreams.
Oh man, he needs that escape. His dad's in prison, his psycho brother's only one step away, and they're twisting his melons trying to make him risk his freedom by smuggling drugs. It ain't easy saying no when family and their shady contacts can be bone-breakingly persuasive. Heaven knows he's miserable now.
The summer sun does bring one ray of light: he secretly admires Samantha, a beautiful Welsh girl at work. Watching her is like listening to music, it strengthens him, she's his wonderwall of true faith. He's happy with that. Love is fool's gold.
2000 Tunes is a meditation on life, family, friends, growing up, and following your dreams.