Will Stebbings

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Further Off the Mark

Beschreibung

Further Off the Mark is the amusing sequel to Off the Mark. In this latest book, nineteen year-old Mark Barker is moving on from his youthful awkwardness, but he is still seeking to expand on his paltry experience of girls of the opposite sex. He pursues and sometimes dates a variety of young women, including the lovely Sandy who shares his love of Soul Music; as does her equally attractive and flirtatious mother, causing Mark much anguish and confusion, but as with most of his encounters, he often confuses love with lust! As he tries to establish a new career, Marks makes enemies; wrecking his chances of advancement, but there is a consolation in his new attractive female assistant - and, of course, Mark develops an infatuation for her! The novel is set in Norfolk in the late sixties and is a nostalgic journey to a simpler time when a 'discotheque evening' was a new concept and when unreliable cars could be coaxed into action by jumping up and down on their door sills!

Autor

Will Stebbings is rapidly gaining critical acclaim for his insightful novels, encapsulating nostalgia for the sixties and seventies, whilst adding a fair smattering of humour. His first novel 'Off the Mark' received so many plaudits that he felt compelled to write 'Further Off the Mark' which continues the rites of passage for its main character, Mark Barker, who left an all-boys' school with no experience of girls or the adult world in general. 'Completely Off the Mark' is about Mark's further exploits in the early 1970s, while 'Mark's Out of Eleven' takes us back to 1960 and his days at an all boys' Grammar School, when educational institutions were as much about discipline as they were education. 'Tess of the Dormobiles' is a comedy thriller and is not part of the Mark Barker quadrilogy, being set firmly in the 21st century and featuring a female lead character. Will's love of soul music features heavily in his work, where he often used sixties and seventies soul records as the chapter titles. All of Will's novels are set predominately in Norfolk, which is where he was born and raised.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Will Stebbings
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9798231275694
• Artikelnr.: 74803834