1953
1980's
A01=Jon Ransom
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
AIDS epidemic
Alan Hollinghurst
assured
Author_Jon Ransom
automatic-update
beautiful
bold
Cambridgeshire
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
COP=United Kingdom
cureses
Delivery_Pre-order
double life
energy
entertain
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
evocative images
Fair Ground
families
floods
Foreboding
forgiveness
Gay
grief
hostile locations
impressive
Language_English
LGBTQi+
Literary fiction
love
love story
mesmeric
Mothers
mysterious
Norfolk
North Sea
PA=Not yet available
Polari Prize winner
Price_€10 to €20
promise
provoke
PS=Forthcoming
relationships
remarkable
seduce
Showman
softlaunch
Tomasz Jedrowski
tour de force
unspeakable
visceral
working class
Product details
- ISBN 9781738452873
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2025
- Publisher: Muswell Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
1953. Eli is nineteen years old and lives alongside a cursed field with his strange aunt Dreama. Six months before, his mother disappeared during the North Sea flood. Unsure of his place in the world and of the man he is becoming, Eli is ready to run.
Shane Wright is a man with plenty to hide. Caught in a complicated relationship with Eli, Shane is desperate to maintain the double life that he has created for himself. Then Jimmy Smart appears. Jimmy Smart, the mysterious showman who turns the gallopers at the fair. Under his watchful gaze, Eli discovers a world he knows nothing about with rules he cannot understand.
Jon Ransom grew up in Norfolk and now lives near Cambridge. Ransom's short stories have appeared in many anthologies He was awarded an Arts Council grant to develop The Gallopers.
