Faber & Faber

Shorty Loves Wing Wong: Michael Smith

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Synopsis:

Returning to the Headland, the narrator of Shorty Loves Wing Wong is struck by the memories that return to him in this strange and remote coastal town on the borders of Geordieland and the coal fields of County Durham. Like the story about the skate with a neck as thick as a tree; or the one about the club singer who once killed a cat, dried it out and put it through a mangle. He remembers the time he saw crocodiles emerging from walls and losing his first love to a smooth-talking older lad who played bass in a band. He remembers riding round on a tricycle with a plastic helmet and sword pretending to be ‘The Roman Greek’, finding 20 Regal King Size on the beach and being excited by the prospect of the ‘adult thrills opening out to me that night’ that these afforded him.

Beautifully illustrated throughout by acclaimed artist Jim Medway, Shorty Loves Wing Wong is an eulogy to the highs and lows of adolescence by one of the most exceptional writers in Britain today.

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Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

General Fiction

Places:

North Of England

Genres & Themes:

Adolescence; Illustration; Recollection