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Win a copy of And This is True, Emily Mackie’s debut novel [closed]

Find our more about Emily Mackie’s debut novel, watch a trailer and try and win a copy too.

‘I kissed my father once, when he was sleeping.’

Nevis Gow is fifteen. For eleven years he has lived in a van with his father, travelling the country. They don’t need people or school or jobs. All they need is each other. But Nevis doesn’t just love his father, he’s in love with him too.

Until one day his father crashes the van and everything changes. Stranded on a remote Highland farm amid a family overshadowed by grief, his father tries to steer them back to normality while Nevis fights to keep things the way they were. Soon, though, he comes to realise that nothing about his lost life in the van was quite as it seemed.

In Nevis’s meticulously detailed record of events, lines blur between love and obsession, reality and wish-fulfilment, dreams and memory. Shocking, funny and poignant, this is the first novel by a young writer of remarkable talent.

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Win a copy of And This is True

Simply answer the following question:

What is the name of Nevis Gow’s father?

  • Marshall
  • Michael
  • Mitchell
No more submissions accepted at this time.

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  1. Closing date for entries: 19th March 2010.
  2. Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
  3. Open to persons over 18 years of age only
  4. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
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  1. Joanne Flanagan Says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 7:38 am

    Really like the sound of this book. It’s been a while since I read a good book.

  2. leatrix Says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    i was thinking the very same, looks like a great storyline!

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