Flick - Softcover

Tarttelin (who is only 23) is a very talented writer and Flick is a strong debut novel. Particularly impressive are the scenes depicting everyday life for the disaffected youth of Marske-on-Sea [..] Flick's voice is both authentic and compelling, and readers will readily sympathise with him, despite some of the activities he (unwillingly) engages in. [...] Flick, published in the UK by Beautiful Books, could become a slow-burn cult classic. --GQ Magazine

This is a great debut novel by an author sure to be hailed as the new Richard Milward on the block. Flick is a brilliant, unforgettable moment in the life of two teenagers: a sweet taste of young life. --Middlesbrough Evening Gazette

A modern-day Romeo and Juliet with a voice reminiscent of the rawness of 1970s punk, this knockout coming-of-age story is told by its charming protagonist Will Flicker Set in one town in the north east of England, this is the story of a brilliant, unforgettable moment in the life of two teenagers: a sweet taste of young life, a love letter to hope. Marooned by a lack of education and a lack of generally anything else better to do, Will, a.k.a. "Flick," muses on the artistry behind being a stoner, whether Pepsi is better than Coke, and why the new girl in town is just so much hotter than all the familiar slutty girls?or "slappers and professional-abortionists"?he counts among his friends. As his relationship with Rainbow, the new girl in town, develops, Flick finds himself torn between the constraints and loyalty he feels to his old life and the pull of freedom that Rainbow represents.