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Author: Coyne, Matt

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 15 August 2024 by Headline Publishing Group (Wildfire) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 448 pages
130 x 197 x 31 | 310g

‘Best book of the year!’ ? ? ? ? ?’A fantastic debut’ ? ? ? ? ?The brilliant, heart-warming debut novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Dummy and Man vs Toddler’A lovely feel-good treat’ The Times | ‘Simply perfect’ Daily Mirror | ‘Hilariously funny… and beneath it all really quite lovely’ The Metro | Brilliant, just brilliant’ Huffington PostSometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming.

Frank and Red are a mess.

Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the ‘ghost’ of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his front gate. And then Red moves in next door.

Red is six. A boy struggling to adjust to the separation of his mum and dad, a new school, and the demonic school bully. Red is curious, smart, he never stops talking, and he’s got a trampoline. From the moment Red’s blonde mop appears over the top of the fence that divides their two gardens, the unlikeliest of friendships is born. . . . And it is a friendship that will change both of their lives forever.

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