Sky High, by Helen Falconer: Gritty, erotic and emotionally intense e-book now available for just 99c for the next five days only at Amazon Gritty, erotic and emotionally intense. Ferdia is seduced by a female teacher. At 33, Cassandra is more than twice Ferdia's age, and her domineering manner and sexual appetite make his head spin. Meanwhile, his best mate, Matt, who writes inspired punk lyrics for their tower block band, is spiraling downwards. Falconer has no moral to preach, and her story is blackly humorous. Publishers Weekly
Praise from authors for Sky High (Falconer) writes with astonishing wit Joanne Harris – author of Chocolat
Having read primrose Hill, Falconer's first book, I moved on to this and found it EVEN BETTER. Laughed out loud and cried even louder. So evocative. Teenage boys are human - who knew? Kate Kerrigan – author of Ellis Isand
Praise from reviewers for Sky High
Ferdia ricochets by bus between his divorced parents - but they are the least of his troubles. He is more worried about the kids who keep taunting him that he is sleeping with his English teacher, Cassandra. And he is even more worried about the fact that they're right. It is intense - but its intensity comes from its claustrophobia, its brutal street language and its vivid depiction of a grimy, tactile world. The Guardian
A terrific second novel that gracefully spans several unlikely genres. It's a bildungsroman, a horror story, an anti-romance, a rocker's manifesto and an astute social comedy. Sky High has a classic feel, perhaps because it adheres to the conventions of tragedy, which arguably find a modern equivalent in the horror genre. The New York Times
Gritty, erotic and emotionally intense
e-book now available for just 99c for the next five days only at Amazon
Gritty, erotic and emotionally intense. Ferdia is seduced by a female teacher. At 33, Cassandra is more than twice Ferdia's age, and her domineering manner and sexual appetite make his head spin. Meanwhile, his best mate, Matt, who writes inspired punk lyrics for their tower block band, is spiraling downwards. Falconer has no moral to preach, and her story is blackly humorous.
Publishers Weekly
Praise from authors for Sky High
(Falconer) writes with astonishing wit
Joanne Harris – author of Chocolat
Having read primrose Hill, Falconer's first book, I moved on to this and found it EVEN BETTER. Laughed out loud and cried even louder. So evocative. Teenage boys are human - who knew?
Kate Kerrigan – author of Ellis Isand
Praise from reviewers for Sky High
Ferdia ricochets by bus between his divorced parents - but they are the least of his troubles. He is more worried about the kids who keep taunting him that he is sleeping with his English teacher, Cassandra. And he is even more worried about the fact that they're right. It is intense - but its intensity comes from its claustrophobia, its brutal street language and its vivid depiction of a grimy, tactile world.
The Guardian
A terrific second novel that gracefully spans several unlikely genres. It's a bildungsroman, a horror story, an anti-romance, a rocker's manifesto and an astute social comedy.
Sky High has a classic feel, perhaps because it adheres to the conventions of tragedy, which arguably find a modern equivalent in the horror genre.
The New York Times