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The silent striker
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- Book Synopsis
- Marcus is a 14-year-old footballing genius who keeps getting into deep trouble at school. He is the best player by far in a tough, ethnically diverse inner-city area of London. The team gets tantalisingly close to Schools League and Cup glory. His Nigerian father is a wannabe soul singer with a day job as a postman, and his English mum cold-calls double glazing. The parents are at a loss what to do with their wayward son Marcus. Dealing with deafness, shifting friends, crazy parents and a 'special measures' school, Marcus will have to gather all the strength he can find - in others as well as within himself.
- About The Author
- Pete Kalu is a 2024 winner of the Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship Award. He has previously won the BBC/Contact Dangerous Comedy Award and The Voice / Marcus Garvey Essay Award. He received his PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2019. His essays can be found scattered in publications including Encounters with James Baldwin (Supernova Books 2024) and academic journals. His most recent short stories have been published by Peepal Tree. He is a Writers Mosaic alumnus and was writer in residence at University of West Indies, Trinidad Campus. He is a Reading Fellow of Royal Literary Fund
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781908446695
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HopeRoad, (14 September 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 199
- Weight
- 205 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 125 x 13 mm
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