2019 Longlist
Tin Man
ABOUT
THE BOOK
It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.
And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael, who couldn’t be closer. And the boys become men,
and then Annie walks into their lives, and it changes nothing and everything.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A novel of affecting depth that explores relationships with great thoughtfulness and delicacy and is written with effortless fluency.
The author creates an emotionally charged story that is touching and moving and also offers depth of understanding. The characters are vivid and well-drawn and the story is both elegiac and wistful.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Date published
27/07/2017
Publisher
Tinder Press
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