The Gallopers

The Gallopers

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Hardback Published on: 25/01/2024
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The Gallopers
Excellent, gritty novel
When I read Jon Ransom's The Whale Tattoo I was so excited to find a new author with a unique voice. Thankfully, this, his second novel, justified my feeli... READ MORE
Jonathan in Cambridge

Synopsis

1953. Eli is nineteen years old and lives alongside a cursed field with his strange aunt Dreama. Six months before, his mother disappeared during the North Sea flood. Unsure of his place in the world and of the man he is becoming, Eli is ready to run.

Shane Wright is a man with plenty to hide. Caught in a complicated relationship with Eli, Shane is desperate to maintain the double life that he has created for himself. Then Jimmy Smart appears. Jimmy Smart, the mysterious showman who turns the gallopers at the fair. Under his watchful gaze, Eli discovers a world he knows nothing about with rules he cannot understand. Three men bound together in a blistering story that spans 30 years, from 1953 into the 1980s and the AIDS epidemic, The Gallopers is a visceral and mesmerising novel of deceit, desire and unspeakable loss.

  • Publisher: Muswell Press
  • ISBN: 9781739193027
  • Number of pages: 208
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm

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The Gallopers
A Wild Ride
The Gallopers is a curious beast. In 1950’s England, Eli begins a passionate relationship with Jimmy, a fairground worker. The relationship is of the bri... READ MORE
Kev McCready
The Gallopers
Gutsy and grubby there's much to impress in second novel from Polari Prize-winning author
Jon Ransom won the Polari First Novel Prize for his debut “The Whale Tattoo” which I really enjoyed its relentless darkness and rawness. This offers more o... READ MORE
Phil Ramage