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Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist

Paperback
September 2017
9781782504245
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  • Publisher
    Floris Books
  • Published
    30th September 2017
  • ISBN 9781782504245
  • Language English
  • Pages 288 pp.
  • Size 5.1" x 7.8"
$9.95

Quick-witted, sharp-tongued Connor Lambert won't take it any longer: the bullying, the secrets, the sympathy. He's been dying from cancer for years, but he's not dead yet. He's going down fighting. Forming an unlikely friendship with fellow juvenile delinquent Skeates, the pair stage a break out and set off on a crazy tour across Scotland to find Connor's dad, an inmate at Shotts prison. But Connor's left two things behind -- the medication he needs to keep him alive, and the girl who makes living bearable.

Dodging the police, joy riding and extreme partying -- if Connor's dying, he might as well enjoy one last wild adventure.

A fresh and bold debut novel full of heart, guts and raw emotion. Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist is a brilliantly funny, thrilling exploration of friendship, identity and mortality populated with witty, sharply drawn characters.

John Young

John Young is a writer who is originally from Belfast and lives in Edinburgh. A former lawyer, he founded and runs The Teapot Trust, a children's art therapy charity, with his wife Laura. He was a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award winner in 2013.