TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE MY MA by Kerry Hudson has been chosen as one of five shortlist titles for the Polari First Book Prize. The Polari First Book Prize is for a first book which explores the LGBT experience and is open to any work of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction published in the UK in English in the last year. The £1000 prize will be awarded at Polari's Sixth Birthday in the Purcell Room on 13 November 2013. For more information about the prize and the rest of the shortlist, click here.
TONY HOGAN... was published in July 2012 by Chatto
& Windus and has been shortlisted for nine literary prizes so far,
including the Guardian First Book Award. Kerry's second novel, THIRST, will be
published by Chatto in July 2014.
Praise for TONY HOGAN...:
'What a brilliant thing to turn the chaos and trauma of
a hectic childhood into a debut novel as colourful, funny, joyful and
compelling as this.'
- The Guardian
'This is a remarkable debut novel of love and loyalty,
of fierce passion and scabrous wit.'
- Foyles
'From the (unrepeatable) hilarious first sentence, this
debut sucks you in with its idiosyncratic style... Kerry Hudson's writing is
very funny, and her deft touches give the book a reality that makes it all the
more powerful. Hudson certainly has a bright future.'
- We Love This Book