Ebook {Epub PDF} Fan by Danny Rhodes

Fan is a book about personal and collective tragedy. It's about growing up and not growing up, about manhood and about what makes a man, and about football's role in reflecting a society never more than a brick's throw away from shattering point. Rhodes' second novel Soldier Boy was published in February His new novel, FAN, tells the story of a football supporter trying to come to terms with tragedy, loss and a disconnect from the game he loves. It was published in April Danny continues to write short stories in a variety of genres. ‘Danny Rhodes’ spare prose is convincing he asks important questions about social justice, but also tells a compellingly human story. An impressive debut’ New Statesman ‘Danny Rhodes returns with a soldier’s tale that delivers a late, and startling, ricochet.

Danny Rhodes has written his book from the perspective of a Nottingham Forest fan - a fan who has been traumatised by the events he witnessed at the Hillsborough Stadium on 15th April and who is still suffering the after-effects years later. "Finchy" (the main protagonist) almost feels guilty for feeling so traumatised because he views. In , eighteen-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. His blossoming relationship with girlfriend, Jen, is h. FAN is a novel grounded in authenticity. Rhodes evokes time and place without sacrificing story. A compelling book - Thin White Line Magazine. It really is a cracking book - like all great football books it transcends football and tells us about people: their weaknesses, their loves, their failures and their strengths - All That's Left.

Fan by Danny Rhodes was published on 15 April by Arcadia Books. 15 April was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. I was brought up in a small North Nottinghamshire village, situated. Fan, by Danny Rhodes, is a fascinating social commentary about changing times. Two stories about the same protagonist unfold side by side, one covering his teenage years in working class Nottingham, the other set fifteen years later when he travels from the new life he has carved out for himself down south to confront his demons in the home town he escaped from. Rhodes’ bleak novel brings back at a sweep that grim era when football fans died at matches. This painfully compelling tale of a fan who, 20 years on, can never forget that day is like a relentless drumbeat inside your head; a silent scream demanding to be heard – Times Higher Ed Supplement An amazing read.