Kevin Sampson
Kevin Sampson is the author of seven novels: Awaydays; Powder; Leisure; Outlaws; Clubland; Freshers; and Stars are Stars.
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Awaydays
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-953962-9 (0-09-953962-4)
June 1, 2009 | $21.95
Awaydays has been made into a major film which is due for release in 2009.
It’s 1979 and in Birkenhead, smack and Maggie Thatcher are still less of an issue than Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For Paul Carty, 19, and his mystical, Joy Division-loving mate, Elvis, life revolves...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-953962-9 (0-09-953962-4)
June 1, 2009 | $21.95
Awaydays has been made into a major film which is due for release in 2009.
It’s 1979 and in Birkenhead, smack and Maggie Thatcher are still less of an issue than Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For Paul Carty, 19, and his mystical, Joy Division-loving mate, Elvis, life revolves...
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trade paperback.
Stars are Stars
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-947025-0 (0-09-947025-X)
September 4, 2007 | $21.95
A dazzling new novel about the impact of Thatcherism on a generation — from the author of Awaydays and Powder.
At the age of fifteen Danny May has just one dream: to be an artist and to go — like John Lennon before him — to Liverpool Art School. Living in Toxteth...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-947025-0 (0-09-947025-X)
September 4, 2007 | $21.95
A dazzling new novel about the impact of Thatcherism on a generation — from the author of Awaydays and Powder.
At the age of fifteen Danny May has just one dream: to be an artist and to go — like John Lennon before him — to Liverpool Art School. Living in Toxteth...
Stars Are Stars
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-07304-2 (0-224-07304-4)
September 26, 2006 | $32.95
From the author of the highly successful Awaydays and Powder: fifteen year-old Danny has just one dream: to be an artist and to go, like John Lennon before him, to Liverpool Art School. Then, in the autumn of 1980 the Art School’s funding is withdrawn. Danny slides into apathy, robbing and...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-07304-2 (0-224-07304-4)
September 26, 2006 | $32.95
From the author of the highly successful Awaydays and Powder: fifteen year-old Danny has just one dream: to be an artist and to go, like John Lennon before him, to Liverpool Art School. Then, in the autumn of 1980 the Art School’s funding is withdrawn. Danny slides into apathy, robbing and...
Freshers
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-942836-7 (0-09-942836-9)
October 26, 2004 | $19.95
The world of student life has been neglected by novelists -- until Kevin Sampson’s Freshers.
Kit Hannah is about to start University. He’s funny, clever and popular -- anybody would think he’d relish the prospect. But Kit is harbouring a dark foreboding he dare not share with anyone else. It’s with a...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-942836-7 (0-09-942836-9)
October 26, 2004 | $19.95
The world of student life has been neglected by novelists -- until Kevin Sampson’s Freshers.
Kit Hannah is about to start University. He’s funny, clever and popular -- anybody would think he’d relish the prospect. But Kit is harbouring a dark foreboding he dare not share with anyone else. It’s with a...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Freshers
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-06225-1 (0-224-06225-5)
October 23, 2003 | $25.95
The world of student life has been neglected by novelists -- until Kevin Sampson’s Freshers.
Kit Hannah is about to start University. He’s funny, clever and popular -- anybody would think he’d relish the prospect. But Kit is harbouring a dark foreboding he dare not share with anyone else. It’s with a...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-06225-1 (0-224-06225-5)
October 23, 2003 | $25.95
The world of student life has been neglected by novelists -- until Kevin Sampson’s Freshers.
Kit Hannah is about to start University. He’s funny, clever and popular -- anybody would think he’d relish the prospect. But Kit is harbouring a dark foreboding he dare not share with anyone else. It’s with a...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Outlaws
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-942223-5 (0-09-942223-9)
July 4, 2003 | $21.95
Drugs and violence form the backdrop of a gritty new novel from the author of Powder and Leisure.
Outlaws is Kevin Sampson’s finest book to date - a taut, thrilling novel told in a vernacular that sizzles off the page.
It’s getting harder and harder to eke out a dishonest living in...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-942223-5 (0-09-942223-9)
July 4, 2003 | $21.95
Drugs and violence form the backdrop of a gritty new novel from the author of Powder and Leisure.
Outlaws is Kevin Sampson’s finest book to date - a taut, thrilling novel told in a vernacular that sizzles off the page.
It’s getting harder and harder to eke out a dishonest living in...
Powder
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-928996-8 (0-09-928996-2)
July 25, 2000 | $21.95
An everyday story of Rock 'N' Roll folk
Keva McLuskey craves success. Other bands are making it big. His worst enemy is on MTV.
And time is not on his side. Yet he's certain it's his destiny to be recognised among the great songwriters of our time. Without that approval, Keva can never...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-928996-8 (0-09-928996-2)
July 25, 2000 | $21.95
An everyday story of Rock 'N' Roll folk
Keva McLuskey craves success. Other bands are making it big. His worst enemy is on MTV.
And time is not on his side. Yet he's certain it's his destiny to be recognised among the great songwriters of our time. Without that approval, Keva can never...
Awaydays
Trade Paperback | pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-926797-3 (0-09-926797-7)
March 9, 1999 | $21.95
Awaydays has been made into a major film which is due for release in 2009.
It’s 1979 and in Birkenhead, smack and Maggie Thatcher are still less of an issue than Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For Paul Carty, 19, and his mystical, Joy Division-loving mate, Elvis, life revolves...
Written by Kevin Sampson
Trade Paperback | pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-926797-3 (0-09-926797-7)
March 9, 1999 | $21.95
Awaydays has been made into a major film which is due for release in 2009.
It’s 1979 and in Birkenhead, smack and Maggie Thatcher are still less of an issue than Lois jeans and Adidas Forest Hills training shoes. For Paul Carty, 19, and his mystical, Joy Division-loving mate, Elvis, life revolves...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
