Thin-Ice Skater

Richard, the narrator of David Storey's disturbing new novel, is seventeen, withdrawn, dreamy and relentlessly self-absorbed. The year is 1971 and Richard lives with his half-brother and guardian, Gerry, a wealthy film producer who is thirty-five years his senior and the thin-ice skater of the title - driven, reckless, unstoppable. After years of living in hotels and serviced apartments Gerry and Richard have set up home in Leighcroft Gardens, Hampstead.


Genre: General Fiction