Book description
Micka loves drawing and wants a pup, but with older brothers into
violence and petty crime, and a mother who can’t read the notes his
teacher sends home from school, neither he nor the pup stand much of a
chance.
Then a new boy, Laurie, starts at Micka's school. The two boys both
have vivid imaginations, but Laurie's fantasies are of magic and
revenge, and he soon pulls Micka into a dangerous game where the line
between make-believe and real life -- and, ultimately, death -- is
increasingly blurred.
Written in direct, uncompromising yet compassionate prose, and with a
breathtaking clarity of insight, Micka
is an astonishingly assured debut -- and an unforgettable story.
'Micka feels like a book that wrote itself . . . Frances Kay is an
accomplished story teller who has found her darkest tale' Anne Enright
'I read this at a single sitting. Once started it was impossible to put
aside . . . Atomising and searing, MICKA is a remarkable first novel'
Carlo Gébler Frances Kay is a children’s playwright who was born in
London and now lives in Ireland. She has previously written for the
theatre and TV, and has worked with gypsies, prisoners and children in
both the UK and Ireland. She is married to musician Nico Brown and they
have two daughters.
Micka
is her first novel.
