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Friendly Fire: A Warm, Compelling Novel Of Adolescence And Young Love

By (author) Patrick Gale

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Insightful and full of understanding and warmth, FRIENDLY FIRE is a richly compelling story of adolescence, sexuality and the lessons we carry forever. ‘Utterly compelling from first to last’ Stephen Fry

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SKU: 9781472255488

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ISBN: 9781472255488

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 368

Dimensions: 12.8 × 2.6 × 19.6 cm

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The novel follows Sophie, an orphan who has survived a childhood of institutional living and is determined to thrive at Tatham’s, an elite and tradition-heavy boarding school. While she initially feels like an outsider among the school’s rigid rituals and cliques, she finds solace in a deep friendship with two teenage boys. However, their fragile trio is threatened when a charismatic teacher begins to pay inappropriate and grooming attention to one of them. As Sophie navigates her own first experience with unrequited love, she is forced to learn that the “lessons” taught in the classroom are nothing compared to the complex realities of class, power, and emotional betrayal.

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  • Paperback / softback | 368 pages
  • 12.8 × 2.6 × 19.6 cm | 260
  • 26 July 2018
  • Headline Publishing Group
  • United Kingdom

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About the author

Patrick Gale

16 Published Books

Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester before going to Oxford University. He now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Perfectly Good Man, the Richard and Judy bestseller Notes From An Exhibition, the Costa-shortlisted A Place Call ed Winter and Mother's Boy. His original BBC television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 as part of the BBC's Queer Britannia series, leading viewers around the world to discover his novels.

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