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Take One Young Man
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446493212
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Take One Young Man

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PASSION, PENGUINS AND AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE

Sam Glass wants to go far. But not up the career ladder. Sam wants to go to Antarctica.

Sam is a slave to his pager. A drone in the advertising industry, he spends his days being insulted by bosses, ad agency creatives and clients alike, and his evenings drinking with friends. At twenty-five, he's stuck in a rut of post-university, first-job existence. And he hates it. When he notices an advert for a research job in Antarctica, Sam is galvanised into action: this magical land of snow, ice and utter serenity represents the ultimate escape. While he and his best friend, Henry, endure the gruelling selection procedure, he embarks on both the destruction of his ordered, career-orientated, tidy life, and a string of well-organised, casual affairs. What Sam doesn't bargain for, however, is falling in love.

Lively, funny and incredibly perceptive, Take One Young Man is a profoundly intelligent and moving novel.
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446493212
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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About the author

Vivien Kelly

Vivien Kelly was born in York in 1973. After reading Modern Languages at Oxford she moved to London, where she still lives. Her first novel, Take One Young Man, was published by Arrow in 2000.
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Praise for Take One Young Man

Spectacularly sensitive and accomplished ... we need more stuff like this!

Lisa Jewell

An incredibly ambitious and assured first novel ... Quite and achievement

Esther Freud

Lively and sharp ... a well-observed picture of contemporary life

The Times

Clever, witty and well written

Daily Express

Brilliant ... moving and hilariously funny

Woman's Own

The advertising world should tremble at the sharp wit behind this work

The Times

An exceptional first novel which mixes fluent storytelling, thoughtful insight, sensitive observation, seriousness and humour, all in perfect proportion

The Richmond Review