Svérázný stařík Frank Derrick je zpět. Přestože oslavil už 82. narozeniny, je stále plný elánu. Jeho dcera v Los Angeles prožívá špatné období, a tak Frank neváhá a opouští rodnou Anglii. Co na tom, že ještě nikdy neletěl letadlem… Autor je mistrným pozorovatelem a skvělým vypravěčem lidských příběhů, do nichž tak akorát dávkuje moudrost míšenou s břitkým anglickým humorem. Lehce úsměvné, optimistické i sladkobolné… takové je stáří v podání J. B. Morrisona.
Following the success of his 2019 memoir Jim Bob From Carter - In the Shadow of my Former Self, Cherry Red Books are delighted to publish A Godawful Small Affair, the fifth novel from the former Carter USM frontman. Described as 'Stranger Things comes to Brixton', the novel (written under the author's given name, J.B. Morrison) also includes a companion piece: Harvey King Unboxes His Family. Consider them a double A-side single of fiction. First, 'A Godawful Small Affair' finds fifteen-year old Zoe Love missing without trace. While the police search the Earth for her, Zoe's ten-year-old brother Nathan has other ideas. A year earlier, when Zoe was abducted by aliens, no one believed her. Apart from Nathan. He realises the aliens must have taken his sister again. As his father grows more and more desperate, and with his home planet in Brixton in danger of dying, Nathan decides he must get himself abducted by the same aliens, find his sister and bring her back. What unfolds is a heart-wa
Frank Derrick is eighty-one. And he's just been run over by a milk float. It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he was active. But now he's broken his arm and fractured his foot, it looks set to be a very long few weeks ahead. Frank lives with his cat Bill (which made more sense before Ben died) in the typically British town of Fullwind-on-Sea. He watches DVDs, spends his money frivolously at the local charity shop and desperately tries to avoid cold callers continually knocking on his door. Then a breath of fresh air comes into his life in the form of Kelly Christmas, home help. With her little blue car and appalling parking, her cheerful resilience and ability to laugh at his jokes, Kelly changes Frank's extra ordinary life. She reminds him that there is a world beyond the four walls of his flat and that adventures, however small, come to people of all ages. Frank and Kelly's story is sad and funny, moving, familiar, uplifting. It is a small and perfect look at a life neither remarkable nor disastrous, but completely extraordinary nonetheless. For fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 by J. B. Morrison is a quirky, life-affirming story that has enormous appeal. And it's guaranteed to make you laugh.
Frank Derrick, über achtzig und mit gebrochenem Arm und Fuß ans Haus gefesselt, sieht sich zunächst einer Katastrophe gegenüber. Doch seine Pflegekraft Kelly bringt frischen Wind in sein Leben und zeigt ihm, dass die kleinen Abenteuer des Alltags das Leben bereichern, unabhängig vom Alter.
Frank Derrick is 81 jaar en hij is op straat aangereden, op zijn verjaardag nog wel. Sinds de dood van zijn vrouw woont hij alleen en was het al genoeg uitdaging om zijn dagen te vullen. Maar nu hij, met zijn arm in het gips, ook nog eens niks kán, sleept de tijd zich voort. Aan zijn uitdrukkingsloze kat Bill heeft hij weinig, en zijn verzameling dvd's heeft hij wel gezien. Maar dan komt Kelly, van de thuiszorg, zijn leven binnen. Hoewel hij haar eerst probeert af te schrikken, raakt Frank al snel op haar gesteld, want zij herinnert hem eraan dat het leven buitengewoon kan zijn, hoe oud je ook bent.