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SLINGS AND ARROWS

Nick McLoughlin

ISBN 978-1-916668-31-7

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Publication: 28 MARCH 2024
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ISBN: 9781916668317
Price: £9.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 216 x 138 mm
Extent: 336 pp
Illustrated: None
Thema: FBA Fiction

Author location: France
Book location: Derby

• A tender, moving novel, set in Derby in 1982,
following the life of forty-five year old Terry,
who finds unlikely success with his local
amateur darts team.
• A funny novel focusing on the lives of an
ordinary group of people in the East Midlands
and asks us to consider what matters most in
life.
• Perfect for fans of Nick Hornby and Elizabeth
Nick McLoughlin grew up in Derby, where his debut novel Slings Strout.
and Arrows is set. He is an alumnus of the renowned Faber
Writing Academy. After university, he trained to become a It’s January 1982, and Britain will soon be at war with
teacher but instead escaped to the French Alps to go skiing. He Argentina. But that’s not why Terry’s life is falling apart.
lives in a converted cowshed on the side of a mountain with his Forty-five and recently redundant from the only job he’s
wife and two children. ever had, he and his wife Pat are forced to sell their home
and move into a static caravan.

The only chink of light is the unlikely success of the White
Hart darts team, but Terry’s teammates face problems of
their own: Phil suspects his wife is having an affair, while
Tom’s is depressed about their inability to conceive. Then
Terry’s son reveals some surprising news, and Terry makes
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