
The Last Pilot
Benjamin Johncock(Author)
Myriad Editions (Publisher)
Published on 9. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-908434-84-5 (ISBN)
Description
A debut set during the 1960s space race in America. Moving between the Mojave Desert and Cape Canaveral, it explores one man's ticket to the moon and courage in the face of unthinkable loss. With appeal to fans of Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff".
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Language
English
Place of publication
Brighton
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908434-84-5 (9781908434845)
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Person
Benjamin Johncock is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and journalist. He was born in Canterbury in 1978 and studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Birmingham. His debut novel, The Last Pilot, was published in the U.S. (Picador) and U.K. (Myriad) in 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. It won the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the East Anglian Book of the Year, selected for Brave New Reads, and was one of The Observer's Hidden Gems of 2016. His award-winning short stories have been published by The Fiction Desk, The Junket, Comma Press and Storgy. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, The Spectator, and many others, and he has worked as an editor and copywriter. He's on the editorial board of The Letters Page, a literary journal edited by Jon McGregor at the University of Nottingham, and for two years was a mentor for the National Centre for Writing's Escalator writing programme. He is also a recipient of two Arts Council England grants. He lives in Norwich with his wife, his daughter, and his son.