Lukes Mutter ist tot, sein Vater ertränkt seinen Kummer im Alkohol. Ein ziemlich einsames Leben also, bis zu dem Tag an dem er Jon trifft. Jon mit seinen seltsamen Klamotten aus den 50er Jahren, seinem Seitenscheitel und seiner Krawatte. Ein berührendes Debüt über eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft, Verlust und das Erwachsenwerden.
Luke''s mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father, who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon.
Jon is massively strange. He wears 1950s clothes, has a side-parting and a twitch. The kids at school call him ''Slackjaw''. When Luke discovers his secret, Jon changes his life in more ways than he can imagine.
Luke and Jon is a coming of age novel about family, bereavement and how lives can change forever in a single second. Written with great power, warmth and humour, it signals a hugely engaging and original new voice. Compelling and emotionally acute, it is a unique debut.
