The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway

Paperback Published on: 09/08/2018
Price: £18.99
Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99
Make and edit your lists in your account
No stock available in any shop.
No stock available in any shop.

Synopsis

This is not an ordinary love story, and Sam Holloway is not your typical hero. But he is a hero...

Sam Holloway is 26 years old, and since a terrible tragedy struck in his life, he's lost faith in the world. As a means of keeping his grief at bay, he needs everything to be just so - he has a strict routine, from which he rarely deviates, and if he focuses on this, and on his mundane job at a Japanese electronics office, he can just about avoid confronting the unbearable loneliness of his life.

But, three nights a week, Sam leaves his small insignificant life behind, dons his carefully constructed superhero costume, and patrols the streets of his community - preventing crime, protecting the vulnerable, an acting as a power for good.

When Sam is wearing his superhero costume, he feels invincible. But his superhero activities are getting him into some sticky, and increasingly dangerous situations.

And when a girl comes into his life - a beautiful, perfect girl who actually thinks he is worth talking to - it throws his careful routines into chaos.

Sam needs to decide whether he can be brave enough to take a chance on love. And believing that something good can come after all the pain.

This is a heart-breaking story about grief, loss and loneliness. But it's also a heart-warming story about love, and the great power of kindness.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9781472248145
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
  • Weight: 245g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

View all
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway
Heart-breaking but uplifting
When one of the lines in the book you are reading is ‘Tonight was handkerchief-ironing night.’, you know you are not reading about an ordinary man, and the... READ MORE
Julie Morris
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway
Unlikely, Unbelievable more like
2.5 Stars On starting this book I was with it all the way. Sam likes all the right things (even if he is DC over Marvel), has great taste in films and ma... READ MORE
Marjorie Odonnell
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway
Worth a read!
Sam Holloway is a quiet some would say introverted man of twenty six. He lives in an immaculately kept huse. He is a model employee of a Japanese parts fir... READ MORE
Maggie Macdonald