The Deadman's Pedal

Alan Warner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:2nd May '13

£9.99

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The Deadman's Pedal cover

Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize this is 'A wonderful reconstruction of small-town Scotland in the 1970s, a hymn to teenage innocence and an elegy for old industries and the men who worked in them - Alan Warner's best yet' Herald

Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize

For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Too ‘posh’ for the railways, too ‘working class’ for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.

Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize

For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too ‘posh’ for the railways, too ‘working class’ for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.

A delight: a boisterous, kindly, deep, sweet romp of a thing * Scotsman *
Absolutely beautiful... As far as I'm concerned he's emerging as the William Faulkner of British fiction: somebody who's created a body of work that has not only animated a language but a period and a place... He has this incredible talent -- Andrew O'Hagan
This is the best Scottish fiction since Lanark * Scottish Review of Books *
Morally sensitive, exquisitely written and emotionally mature * Guardian *
If you still haven’t read it from last year, Alan Warner’s The Deadman’s Pedal was out in paperback in this. Read it -- Janice Galloway * Scotsman *

  • Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2013 (UK)
  • Long-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2013 (UK)

ISBN: 9780099268765

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 24mm

Weight: 266g

384 pages