Lingua Franca - Softcover

Thacker, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785079743 ISBN 13: 9781785079740

Publisher: Legend Press, 2016

Synopsis

Longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016

'William Thacker is a name you will hear a lot more often.' -- Matt Haig, author

'Remarkable.' -- Caroline Smailes, author

'This is bloody brilliant.' -- Heydon Prowse, writer of the Bafta-winning The Revolution Will Be Televised

There's a problem with Barrow, but it can be fixed. You just need to change the name to Birdseye. Birdseye-in-Furness...

Miles Platting is pulled from the ruins of a shipwreck into a world in which no one will speak to him.

The founder of Lingua Franca - a naming rights agency committed to renaming every UK town after a corporate sponsor - Miles recounts the story of his quest for linguistic supremacy to anyone who'll listen. Confined to his hospital bed in a deathly quiet ward, Miles seeks to find his colleagues and reunite with his true love.

But in doing so, Miles must confront his deepest held convictions and consider, what's in a name? in a world where the spoken word has been replaced with silence.

About this title

About the Author:

Author and scriptwriter William Thacker was born in London in 1986. His debut novel, Charm Offensive, was published by Legend Press in 2014. As a screenwriter, William co-wrote the short film, Full Time, winner of the Best Film award at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival. He is also the co-writer behind Steven, the feature-length Morrissey biopic currently in development. Lingua Franca is his second novel.

Review:

"William Thacker is a name you will hear a lot more often." —Matt Haig, author, Reasons to Stay Alive

"The literary world will eagerly await Thacker’s next masterpiece." —The Student, Edinburgh University

About this edition

• Publisher: Legend Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785079743
• ISBN 13: 9781785079740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272