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The Gallopers
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1953. Eli is nineteen years old and lives alongside a cursed field with his strange aunt Dreama. Six months before, his mother disappeared during the North Sea flood. Unsure of his place in the world and of the man he is becoming, Eli is ready to...
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The Gallopers
Winner of the Polari Book Award 2024. This is a lust-drenched, ache-filled gay love triangle that gnarls into a sly emotional thriller. Three men bound together in a blistering story that spans 30 years, from 1953 into the 1980s and the AIDS epidemic, The Gallopers is a visceral and mesmerising novel of deceit, desire and unspeakable loss.
From the author of The Whale Tattoo, winner of the Polari First Book Award 2023.The Gallopers received outstanding reviews when it was published in hardback in Jan 2024 . Now in paperback and picked by many to be on the Booker Prize longlist. Three men bound together in a blistering story that spans 30 years, from 1953 into the 1980s and the AIDS epidemic, The Gallopers is a visceral and mesmerising novel of deceit, desire and unspeakable loss.
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1953. Eli is nineteen years old and lives alongside a cursed field with his strange aunt Dreama. Six months before, his mother disappeared during the North Sea flood. Unsure of his place in the world and of the man he is becoming, Eli is ready to run.
Shane Wright is a man with plenty to hide. Caught in a complicated relationship with Eli, Shane is desperate to maintain the double life that he has created for himself.
Then Jimmy Smart appears. Jimmy Smart, the mysterious showman who turns the gallopers at the fair. Under his watchful gaze, Eli discovers a world he knows nothing about with rules he cannot understand.
The Gallopers invites you into a compelling narrative where secrets and self-discovery intertwine in a momentous journey of growth and identity against the backdrop of a mysterious fairground.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781738452873
Publisher: Muswell Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Muswell Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
Jon Ransom grew up in Norfolk and now lives near Cambridge. He was a mentee on the 2019 Escalator Talent Development scheme at the National Centre for Writing. Ransom's short stories have appeared in many anthologies and journals including Queer Life, Queer Love amongst others. He has been awarded an Arts Council grant to develop The Gallopers.
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