Drowning by Numbers
Published on 6. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-0-9934776-4-5 (ISBN)
Description
London, 1994. Blur and Oasis are in the charts. New Labour are on the near horizon. Ladbroke Grove is the place, a thriving hub of art, music and cultural diversity.
Emerging from the wreckage of another lost weekend, Indie Guitarist of the Year, Joe E Byron, hurries home on the Tube to face the consequences of his actions. Ten years on the road has taken its toll. He should be spending more time with Justine and the kids. Instead, he's restless, angry, and in conflict with his manager and the rest of the band. Dark habits threaten his marriage and career. The curse of addiction that will rob him of everything. And at the heart of it all, a yearning to be free, to take off and never come back.
But that can't happen. There's too much at stake.
Besides,
He's a god.
He's a legend.
And the only thing worse than dying is the prospect of fading away.
Emerging from the wreckage of another lost weekend, Indie Guitarist of the Year, Joe E Byron, hurries home on the Tube to face the consequences of his actions. Ten years on the road has taken its toll. He should be spending more time with Justine and the kids. Instead, he's restless, angry, and in conflict with his manager and the rest of the band. Dark habits threaten his marriage and career. The curse of addiction that will rob him of everything. And at the heart of it all, a yearning to be free, to take off and never come back.
But that can't happen. There's too much at stake.
Besides,
He's a god.
He's a legend.
And the only thing worse than dying is the prospect of fading away.
Reviews / Votes
'If you're looking for a happy ever after ending, this book is probably not for you. But ifyou're looking for an excellent read with a hopeful ending, you will love 'Drowning by
Numbers.'
'The plot surrounding Joe, a now failed musician, and his spiralling descent into a drug and
alcohol fuelled hell sounds unpleasant, but there is a lot of hope in the story and you find
yourself willing Joe on to clean up his act and re-find himself and his family.'
(Lilli P.)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Poole
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9934776-4-5 (9780993477645)
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Adam Dickson was a student of Bill Stanton's Writer's Tutorial for several years, learning the craft of writing fiction. The Butterfly Collector is his first novel. Drowning by Numbers, his second novel, was published in June 2013. A lifetime fitness enthusiast, Adam suffered two massive brain seizures in 2003 and was left permanently disabled. In spite of this setback, he took up triathlon and began entering races, competing in Ironman UK in 2007. He co-authored Triathlon - Serious About Your Sport which was published by New Holland in May 2012. Two more titles on Swimming and Cycling were published in March 2013. Adam has also written a book on mental health, Surfing the Edge - a survivors guide to bipolar disorder, which was published in October 2015. His screenplay, Heart of a Murderer, is based on a real-life murder case that caused a media sensation in England in 1946. Filming is scheduled in Bournemouth and London for September 2018.