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Synopsis
Sometimes compared to The Catcher in the Rye, this rediscovered novel of the 1960s has a similar haunting sense that the adult world is phony and threatening. The hero of the book, Ashton Vaughan, has come home after a long absence from his Welsh seaside town. A member of the notorious Vaughan family, he has become a hopeless alcoholic drifter, but he moves in with his brother, aloof and eccentric, who still lives in the family home. Slowly, as Ashton reaches out to his loyal friends in town, it becomes clear that a violent vendetta had forced him to run away from home.
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About the Author
Stead Jones is the author of The Ballad of Oliver Powell which was published in the United States as The Man with the Talents. Philip Pullman is the bestselling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials. The first of His Dark Materials has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television.
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"Mr. Jones has a talent for swift vivid portraiture, and he writes vigorous dialogue." —New Yorker
"Fluent first novel." —Times Literary Supplement
"Remarkable indeed. Gladstone is quite beautifully described and presented and everywhere there is evidence of the quality of the author’s mind." —Times
"Stead Jones is perhaps Wales' great forgotten writer. With a sharp eye for character and context, he tells stories that are vivid, humorous and poignant." —Martin Johnes
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- PublisherParthian Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1906998272
- ISBN 13 9781906998271
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages300
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. With a foreword by Phillip Pullman, Make Room for the Jesteris a haunting journey from the edge of childhood into a threatening adult world. Lew Morgan and Gladstone Williams are two friends trying to make sense of their lives over a long hot summer in the north Wales seaside town of Porthmawr. It will be a summer that changes everything. When the charming but drunk Ashton Vaughan returns home to Porthmawr the primeval swamp of respectability he triggers a chain reaction of ruin, disillusion and death which keeps the whole town bubbling for most of the summer. There's fraud, farce, drama, drunkenness, temperance, hysteria and tragedy. This Welsh take on 'The Catcher in the Rye' is a remarkable and welcome rediscovery. With a foreword by Phillip Pullman, Make Room for the Jester is a haunting journey from the edge of childhood into a threatening adult world. A remarkable and welcome rediscovery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781906998271
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