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76: A Novella
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Expected 20 Jun 26114 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication June 20, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Author
76 is a beautifully written and deeply evocative novel that captures the extraordinary atmosphere of the 1976 UK heatwave with remarkable authenticity. Drawing on the author’s own experiences, the book brings the era vividly to life - the oppressive heat, water shortages, wildfires, and strange sense that society itself is beginning to fray.
The friendships between the children is funny, awkward, loyal, imaginative, and sometimes unsettling in the way only childhood friendships can be. Their fascination with the strange events around them gradually grows into ideas of alien invasions and hidden conspiracies, but the novel is about childhood perception and imagination, not science fiction.
Rather than focusing on dramatic twists, 76 follows the children through their experiences of that unforgettable summer, capturing the way kids interpret a confusing adult world through rumour, fear, and fantasy. The result is nostalgic, bittersweet, funny, and quietly haunting.
A wonderfully crafted coming-of-age story that perfectly balances realism, magical thinking, and emotional truth. Highly recommended.
The friendships between the children is funny, awkward, loyal, imaginative, and sometimes unsettling in the way only childhood friendships can be. Their fascination with the strange events around them gradually grows into ideas of alien invasions and hidden conspiracies, but the novel is about childhood perception and imagination, not science fiction.
Rather than focusing on dramatic twists, 76 follows the children through their experiences of that unforgettable summer, capturing the way kids interpret a confusing adult world through rumour, fear, and fantasy. The result is nostalgic, bittersweet, funny, and quietly haunting.
A wonderfully crafted coming-of-age story that perfectly balances realism, magical thinking, and emotional truth. Highly recommended.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I had the privilege of beta-reading 76: A Novella. It's a sophisticated, bittersweet coming-of-age story with elements of metafiction and magical realism. It’s funny, erudite, and beautifully crafted.
Perhaps, like the author says, it is the fate of all time travels into one’s memory to be like trying to rejoin a dream in the precious instant before waking: the more you rattle at Mnemosyne's door, the more you disturb the "little people in the dream," and the more what you remember changes.
76: A Novella is an exploration of what remains after we wake up.
Perhaps, like the author says, it is the fate of all time travels into one’s memory to be like trying to rejoin a dream in the precious instant before waking: the more you rattle at Mnemosyne's door, the more you disturb the "little people in the dream," and the more what you remember changes.
76: A Novella is an exploration of what remains after we wake up.
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