Abe Stone is a 61-year-old alcoholic with a Henry VIII fixation going through his third divorce. When he starts receiving letters from his dead mother, Evelyn, he is thrown into a late-stage identity crisis. His fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Lucille, is expelled from school and the unlikely couple embark on a quest to work out what Evelyn is trying to impart and how Abe can begin to put his dishevelled life in order. No Fireworks is a story about eight extraordinary days in the life of an ordinary man who can no longer put off answering the big questions: 'What do I believe in?' 'What will I leave behind when I die?' 'Why is my dead mother sending me letters from beyond the grave?'
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"'Touching, funny and compelling.' Louise Welsh 'Thoughtful and brave... bleakly humorous and moving.' TLS 'A fine debut novel: highly readable and hinting at even better to come.' The Herald"
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Rodge Glass is from Chehsire but now lives in Glasgow and graduated from university there with an MPhil in creative writing. He reviews fiction for the Glasgow Herald. He is twenty-six years old and this is his first novel.
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