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Smalltown Boy
It's 1985 in Thatcher’s Britain. Wham! and Madonna are Top of the Pops, the AIDs crisis is at its height, and Finn Thompson has a secret...
He's bisexual.
Nobody knows and he wants to keep it that way. But when you live in a small town like his, everyone knows everyone, and secrets don’t stay secret for long.
Recently dumped, Finn meets Kat, a punk with her own baggage. After a couple of chance encounters, they quickly fall in love.
But when Kat learns Finn's secret, she worries she's not enough for him and their paranoia and secrets from each other lead to reckless choices with irrevocable consequences.
If Finn wants the best of both worlds, he's gotta face the music.
He's bisexual.
Nobody knows and he wants to keep it that way. But when you live in a small town like his, everyone knows everyone, and secrets don’t stay secret for long.
Recently dumped, Finn meets Kat, a punk with her own baggage. After a couple of chance encounters, they quickly fall in love.
But when Kat learns Finn's secret, she worries she's not enough for him and their paranoia and secrets from each other lead to reckless choices with irrevocable consequences.
If Finn wants the best of both worlds, he's gotta face the music.
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About the author
Josh Stoddard
8 books2 followersJosh Stoddard is a reformed fanfiction writer and librarian from Manchester.
He writes a bit of everything, from vampire-werewolf romance to time travel and killer robots, but it's almost always set in the north of England.
His first novel, Smalltown Boy, a bisexual coming-of-age story set in the 1980s, was shortlisted in the top 50 of 3,700 entries for Penguin's WriteNow programme.
When he’s not writing or shelving books, Josh is at the cinema or watching wrestling with his one-eyed cat, Fury.
Follow him on all platforms @jstodtv
He writes a bit of everything, from vampire-werewolf romance to time travel and killer robots, but it's almost always set in the north of England.
His first novel, Smalltown Boy, a bisexual coming-of-age story set in the 1980s, was shortlisted in the top 50 of 3,700 entries for Penguin's WriteNow programme.
When he’s not writing or shelving books, Josh is at the cinema or watching wrestling with his one-eyed cat, Fury.
Follow him on all platforms @jstodtv
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May 23, 2020
Proof read this book! Amazing for a first novel. Well written and an interesting story about relationships in the 80s. Finn and Kat have a rollercoaster of a relationship that effects their friends and families. Found myself invested in all the characters not just the two main characters.
Recommend this read for anyone who loves the 80s and the LGBT community!
Recommend this read for anyone who loves the 80s and the LGBT community!
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