Book description
Out of the bleakness of their Middlesbrough housing estate, fuelled
by cheap plonk, porn and dysfunctional families, Adam and Eve narrate
this dazzling, tragicomic love story of adolescence in all its
fucked-up glory. '[An] unbelievably good, affecting, unpretentious
debut novel . . . more than anything, Apples feels truthful: whether
the drugs, the sex, the boozing or the brutal insecurities of
adolescence, it all smacks beautifully of the real thing.' Jon Elek,
Time Out 'Wonderful . . . Apples is unlike any other novel I've read.
Who knows? We may have discovered our J. D. Salinger early.' John
Sutherland, Financial Times 'Crass, graphic, funny and unnerving . . .
Well constructed and streaming with gorgeous language, it's a
frighteningly recognisable glimpse into a particular experience of
adolescence.' Catherine Taylor, Guardian 'A retelling of Paradise Lost
set on a Middlesbrough housing estate, Apples is . . . experimental,
fearless, funny and frightening.' Sarah Hughes, Observer
'Electrifying.' Melissa Katsoulis, The Times
Richard Milward was born in Middlesbrough in 1984. His debut
novel, Apples, was published in 2007 and was described by Irvine Welsh
as 'one of the best books I've ever read about being young, working
class and British.' Ten Storey Love Song, his second novel, was
published in 2009.
