Book description
Glenn Jackson is thirteen and has moved with his father from Burnley
to Torbeck in the Lake District. His Mum has not come with them and
Glenn's father is avoiding Glenn's questions. From the moment Glenn
meets Laura, quiet and overshadowed by her vindictive adoptive sister,
he is bewitched.
Harlequin is a seven-foot eighteen-year-old living rough in an
abandoned shack, disguising himself behind clown's make-up and an old
felt hat and hiding in terror whenever the fighter jets have practice
runs over Torbeck. When Harlequin rescues Glenn from falling into the
old slate mine the two form an unusual friendship and Glenn comes
closer to discovering the secret that Harlequin is running away from.
Gareth Thompson was born in northern England in 1964. After
graduating from the London College of Printing he has worked for United
Newspapers, directed performing arts for adults with learning
difficulties, worked as Deputy Editor for Whatsonstage. com and as a
sub-editor at the Press Association.
The Great Harlequin Grim
is his first novel for children.
