Two Summers

by Glenn Patterson

A pair of novellas, set over two pivotal summers in the lives of two young men from Belfast, recall the constraints of the place where they were born and the times in which they are living.

Summer on the Road

It's 1980 and in the last summer before his A levels Mark lands a job he didn't even know he had applied for, sweeping streets for Belfast City Council. Called 'binman' by his schoolfriends, 'snooty' by his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848408986
• ISBN13: 9781848408982
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: New Island Books
• Length: 208 Pages