Sun Dog - Softcover

Roffey, Monique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743220633 ISBN 13: 9780743220637

Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Trade Division), 2002

Synopsis

Sun Dog introduces a writer of tremendous originality and maturity, with a warm and startling gift for revealing the magic in the everyday. August is a large, awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, hiding his unnatural body away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. One winter's day he finds a rash on his arm that looks like frost. Later, something like snow begins to fall about his head. Is it some rare disease that has triggered this strange reaction, or the reappearance of his mother's old lover, Cosmo Could it even be an allergy to the deli's new orange cheese that mocks his own colouring As Cosmo's continuing presence taunts him with questions about his birth and upbringing, August's body begins to change with the seasons. But the most remarkable thing is that, for the first time, he feels marvellous. Through a year's wonderful metamorphosis - through snowstorm, heat wave and eclipse - August changes into himself.

About this title

About the Author

Monique Roffey is a graduate of the Lancaster Writing School and was once a journalist for the Independent. She was born in Trinidad, and now lives in North London.

Review

August is a large, awkward recluse with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes who hides his unnatural body away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. And when his mother's old lover reappears to taunt him, August finds his body changing with the seasons and through a year's wonderful metamorphism August changes into himself. A debut novel that is both startlingly original yet warmly accessible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Trade Division)
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743220633
• ISBN 13: 9780743220637
• Binding: Paperback