Dreaming of joining the brotherhood of Acapulcan cliff divers, young Mikey Hough rigs a diving platform in the garden of his suburban home. His first attempt goes rather awry, however, and two years later, he finally awakes from his coma. Mikey soon befriends Roger, an elderly ex-pilot hospitalized when his precious Distinguished Flying Cross medal was violently stolen from him. Mikey soon learns that his own disastrous attempt at flight has damaged his Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, destroying his ability to sleep. The medical profession can do nothing for him, and he is sent home from the hospital to die. One night, a despondent Mikey stumbles across Livia, the cynical local teenager. Together they decide to track down Roger's stolen medal, and so begins a remarkable, picaresque journey into the dark heart of suburbia during which the fearless Mikey and Livia confront a sprawling cast of pensioners, policemen, and criminals. As they hurtle toward daybreak, they persuade Roger to undertake one last, gut-wrenching sortie into the night skies.
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British teen Mikey aspires to be a Clavadista, one of the legendary brotherhood of Acapulcan high divers. Unfortunately, a practice dive from a tree in his backyard results in a two-year coma and a clinical condition that leaves him unable to sleep, a fatal condition. With only a few weeks to live, Mikey decides to turn detective and recover a Distinguished Flying Cross that has been stolen from an elderly friend. The bad news: this will put him at loggerheads with a sinister fellow called The Fat Controller. The (arguably) good news: Mikey’s partner in, uh, recovery is the beautiful but troubled Livia, who has an unfortunate predilection for toot and other stimulating but equally illegal substances. First-novelist Wilson has created a sporadically amusing caper adventure of the madcap sort that is diverting when it isn’t requiring a too strenuous suspension of disbelief (why does Mikey jump out of that tree in the first place?). --Michael Cart
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Siôn Scott-Wilson works in advertising and has won many industry awards for his television work, including a BAFTA nomination.
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Great new writer,
This review is from: The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight (Macmillan New Writing) (Paperback)
Wonderful cast of colorful characters play out this superfast read. A dark and touching tale with great cheeky laughs along the way! You'll learn a thing or two..... :)
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