On The Holloway Road (Paperback)
Andrew Blackman (author)
£7.99
Paperback
208 Pages
Published: 28/02/2009
Published: 28/02/2009
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?
Publisher: Legend Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781906558086
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 144 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
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 *
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 *
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 *
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“On the Holloway Road”
A great book - an entertaining trip round the country on one level, on another a thought-provoking look at life in modern Britain.
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