On the Holloway Road
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Synopsis
Unmotivated and dormant, Jack is drawn into the rampant whirlwind of Neil Blake, who he meets one windy night on the Holloway Road. Inspired by Jack Kerouac's famous road novel, the two young men climb aboard Jack's Figaro and embark on a similar search for freedom and meaning in modern-day Britain. Pulled along in Neil's careering path, taking them from the pubs of London's Holloway Road to the fringes of the Outer Hebrides, Jack begins to ask questions of himself, his friend and what there is in life to grasp. Spiting speed cameras and CCTV, motorway riots and island detours, will their path lead to new meaning or ultimate destruction?
Book details
Published
28/02/2009
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
ISBN
9781906558086
Publisher and industry reviews
Jacket review
'A beautifully written story about friendship and the longing for adventure in an increasingly demystified world, and the eternal question of what life is all about.' Zoe Jenny, best-selling Swiss author of The Pollen Room. 'Blackman's wonderful book is a modern-day road trip filled with quirky characters and locations. He writes beautifully, making the mundane extraordinary and the everyday fascinating.' Sam Mills, best-selling author.
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