Name: We Need to Talk
ISBN: 9781785632389

We Need to Talk

Jonathan Crane

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Meticulously observed, with flashes of wicked comedy, We Need to Talk offers a jigsaw puzzle of unwitting connections for the reader to assemble. The finished picture is an unflinchingly honest portrait of multi-jobbing, gig-economy Middle England on the eve of Covid.

Book Details

Publisher: Lightning Books
Publish Date: Jul 5th, 2021
Pages: 240
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 0.70in - 0.55lb
EAN: 9781785632389
Categories: • Literary• City Life• Psychological

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About the Author

Jonathan Crane completed an MA in Literature and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Essex, where he is now an academic in Creative Writing. He also works with charities to design and deliver writing programs in prison and community settings. His previous writing includes fiction and academic papers. Formerly a musician/composer, he released two albums. We Need to Talk is his first novel.

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What people are saying

Hannah

@HanLovesToRead

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Here is my book review for We Need To Talk by Jonathan Crane. Thank you to ⁦@damppebbles⁩ for letting me take part in the blog tour ⁦@DamppebblesBTs⁩ https://hanlovestoread.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/book-review-for-we-need-to-talk-by-jonathan-crane/

We publish non-fiction as Eye Books and fiction as Lightning Books. Regional winner, Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022

Today we publish the fifth of our six debut novels for 2021. WE NEED TO TALK by Jonathan Crane is a series of beautifully crafted vignettes, each focusing on a different resident or group of residents of a Hampshire market town. It's a wickedly honest portrait of Middle England. https://t.co/8aYw0d3G24

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Praise for this book

'A brilliant first novel, extraordinary because it's a hymn to the mundane, as intricately crafted as an Ayckbourn play. Crane's special gift is to take you deep inside the psyche of suburban England at a time of incremental change. These estate agents and shopkeepers, careworkers and jobbing musicians are people you care about long after you reach the last page' - Ailsa Cox, Professor of Short Fiction, Edge Hill University

'Readers of Jonathan Coe's Middle England and John Lanchester's Capital will surely enjoy this perfectly poised and intricately observed snapshot of a small English market town post-Brexit and pre-pandemic - a short, sharp, state-of-the-nation read' - The Shelf of Unread Books

'A series of small and tall tales of people who are all entwined, with some glorious moments as well as some very touching ones. I really enjoyed having a peek behind the curtain at all these amazing characters. Jonathan Crane is a wonderful writer' - Tony Fisher, BBC Essex

What people are saying

Hannah

@HanLovesToRead

3 years

Bit of a book hoarder and book reviewer.. open to book reviews📚 📚Find me on Insthttps://www.Instagram.com/Hannahlovestoread

We publish non-fiction as Eye Books and fiction as Lightning Books. Regional winner, Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022

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