The Two Pound Tram
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7475-7333-3 (ISBN)
Description
Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure. Then their mother elopes and their already distant father becomes hostile. So the brothers pack their camping equipment and run away from home. They already have a plan. They're going to London to buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement, and it costs two pounds...Lively, funny and charming, The Two Pound Tram is a bittersweet testament to youth, its dreams and its triumph over adversity.
Reviews / Votes
'Rather like Daisy Ashford's The Young Visiters this is a charming, miniature oddity, just right for a Christmas stocking' Sunday Telegraph 'Very occasionally one comes across a book which, in its unexpected delights, inspires one to leap about wild with praise, and rush out to buy copies for friends. This first work by William Newton will surely have this effect Their adventures with the tram are both touching and extraordinary Newton is a wonderful find, it's my book of the year and I shall give it to everyone for Christmas' Spectator 'I predict that this book will become something of a cult it goes on haunting the reader's imagination long after he has put the book down I loved it' Country Life 'The Two Pound Tram is a necklace of miracles, each more beautiful and unbelievable than the last. That it may be author William Newton's memoir may be the most dazzling miracle of all' Los Angeles TimesMore details
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William Newton | Mary Newton
The Two Pound Tram
E-Book
08/2009
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€12.49
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William Newton
The Two Pound Tram
Book
10/2003
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€18.90
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Person
William Newton is a retired doctor who lives in Oxfordshire. This is his first book.