Half a World Away
By Tom Bromley
2003
First Published
3.32
Average Rating
352
Number of Pages
Knebworth 1996, and as the crowds wait for Oasis to appear, Ben is thinking about his girlfriend, Sarah, who has embarked on a year's teaching English in Japan. While she is away, exploring a new country, savouring new friendships, Ben is left behind in England, whiling away the hours working for New Labour at Millbank. Ben isn't entirely alone, for there's Bex, his flatmate, voluntarily parted from her boyfriend, Si. Bex is a folk guitarist, and at one of her gigs, Ben meets Mika, a Japanese folkie and a big Nick Drake fan. And though it is Sarah who is doing all the travelling, it's Ben who's experiencing some wanderlust of his own...'A shrewd and ingenious riff on modern relationships, but finally more than it's about politics and music as well as feelings, and how you have to insist on the highest standards in all three. A comic gem with a serious undertow' - Jonathan Coe.
Avg Rating
3.32
Number of Ratings
31
5 STARS
19%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
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