Losing Faith

by Daniel Blythe

LOSING FAITH is about a group of students who graduate at the beginning of the 90s, and find that their various faiths - personal, political and religious - come under tremendous pressure. The novel takes the form of a tremendously compelling Faith, a former Goth and centre of the group, has died in odd circumstances, and in the course of the book the various secrets of her life and death are teased out.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1999

About the author

Daniel Blythe was born in Maidstone and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and St John’s College, Oxford. He is the author of three Doctor Who novels including Autonomy, as well as the novels The Cut, Losing Faith and This Is The Day. He has also written the non-fiction books The Encyclopaedia Of Classic 80s Pop, I Hate Christmas: A Manifesto for the Modern-Day Scrooge, Dadlands: The Alternative Handbook For New Fathers, the irreverent politics primer X Marks The Box and the collectors' guide Collecting Gadgets and Games from the 1950s-90s. In 2012, Chicken House published his book for younger readers, Shadow Runners. His Emerald Greene books for younger readers are also out now. Daniel now lives in Yorkshire, on the edge of the Peak District, with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Renee · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't know what I just read This was awful

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did enjoy this. Disconnected. Fractured. Slow to start, hard to see for much of the time where it is heading. Not at all consecutive and the main character un-named and of dubious character, but a thoroughly engaging read. And one I'll read again.