It's not clear why she does this or why he accepts, but then this novel is refreshingly free of motive. In this trapped atmosphere, Evan, "somewhere between 16 and 30", meets the matron of Heron Close, who offers him a job. They shout "Fucking yellow bastard!" at the sun. People huddle in pubs, feeling the heat to be "aimed at them personally". Though it is set during the 1976 heatwave, most of the action takes place indoors. Bill Broady's original and uncomfortable new novel is a teen romance played out in an old people's home in Camden Town.
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