ISBN: 1495627888 9781495627880

Category: Fiction / Coming of Age

Page count: 276

<b>The unforgettable finale to the international, bestselling Disco Days Trilogy ... Bobby, Joey and Max Mojo return in an attempt to reclaim the elusive stardom of their youth, reuniting a legendary band that didn't quite live up to expectations, with predictable results...</b><br><br> 'A real new talent on the Scottish literary scene' <b><i>Press & Journal</i></b><br><br> 'By turn hilarious and heart-breaking, more than anything Ross creates beautifully rounded characters full of humanity and perhaps most of all, hope' <b>Liam Rudden, <i>Scotsman</i></b><br><br> 'David Ross carved out an enduring place for himself among contemporary Scottish novelists' <b>Alastair Mabb, <i>Herald Scotland</i></b><br><br> ––––––––––––––––––––––––<br><br><b>The Disco Boys and The Band are back...</b><br><br> In the early 80s, Bobby Cassidy and Joey Miller were inseparable; childhood friends and fledgling business associates. Now, both are depressed and lonely, and they haven't spoken to each other in more than ten years. A bizarre opportunity to honour the memory of someone close to both of them presents itself, if only they can forgive ... and forget.<br><br> With the help of the deluded Max Mojo and the faithful Hamish May, can they pull off the impossible, and reunite the legendary Ayrshire band, The Miraculous Vespas, for a one-off Music Festival – The Big Bang – on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island?<br><br> Absurdly funny, deeply moving and utterly human, <i>The Man Who Loves Islands</i> is an unforgettable finale to the Disco Days trilogy – a modern classic pumped full of music and middle-aged madness, written from the heart and pen of one of Scotland's finest new voices.<br><br> ––––––––––––––––––––––––<br><br><b>Praise for David F. Ross</b><br><br> 'A warm, funny consideration of reconciliation between middle-aged friends and a celebration of music's healing powers. Suggest to fans of Nick Hornby' <b><i>Library Journal</i></b><br><br> 'Warm, funny and evocative. If you grew up in the eighties, you're going to love this' <b>Chris Brookmyre</b><br><br> 'Dark, hilarious, funny and heart-breaking all at the same time, a book that sums up the spirit of an era and a country in a way that will make you wince and laugh at the same time' <b>Muriel Gray</b><br><br> 'An astonishing tour de force' <b>John Niven</b><br><br> 'This is a book that might just make you cry like nobody's watching' <b>Iain MacLeod, <i>Sunday Mail</i></b><br><br> 'Crucially Ross's novel succeeds in balancing light and dark, in that it can leap smoothly from brutal social realism to laugh-out-loud humour within a few sentences' <b><i>Press & Journal</i></b><br><br> 'Full of comedy, pathos and great tunes' <b>Hardeep Singh Kohli</b><br><br> 'If I saw that in a store I would buy it without even looking at what was inside' <b>Irvine Welsh</b><br><br> 'Like the vinyl that crackles off every page ... as warm and authentic as Roddy Doyle at his very best' <b>Nick Quantrill</b><br><br> 'A solid-gold hit of a book! The closest you'll ever get to being on Top of the Pops' <b>Colin McCredie</b>