Happiness is Wasted on Me Paperback / softback
by Kirkland Ciccone
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Cumbernauld was built to be the town of the future...that is, if the future looked like a really rubbish episode of Doctor Who.
It's also home to Walter Wedgeworth, a child stuck in a uniquely dysfunctional family controlled by the tyrannical Fishtank, whose CB Radio aerial is a metal middle finger to all the neighbours on Craigieburn Road.
When 11-year-old Walter discovers the corpse of a baby inside a cardboard box, he resolves to ignore it, pretend it didn't happen.
He knows the price of being a grass. But the child's fate haunts Walter, bringing him into conflict with the world around him.
Walter's journey will lead him from childhood to adulthood; school, college, bereavement, Britpop, his first job, Blackpool, the Spice Girls, feuds with his neighbour, and finally...face-to-face with a child killer. Taking place in the 90s, Happiness Is Wasted On Me is a genre-blending tale that spans a decade in the life of Walter.
It's a coming of age tale, a family drama, a mystery, and a biting dark comedy.
Ultimately, it's the story of how even the strangest people can find their way in the world.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Fledgling Press
- Publication Date:29/10/2020
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- ISBN:9781912280353
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Fledgling Press
- Publication Date:29/10/2020
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- ISBN:9781912280353