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|image          = Hunky Dory.jpg
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|main character = [[Dodie Golightly]]
|main character = [[Dodie Golightly]]
|featuring      = [[Ian (The Blue Angel)|Ian]]
|setting        = [[Manchester]]
|setting        = [[Manchester]]
|writer        = [[Paul Magrs]]
|writer        = [[Paul Magrs]]
|release date  = [[22 January (releases)|22 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date  = [[22 January (releases)|22 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|publisher      = Amazon (service){{!}}Amazon
|price          = £12.00
|price          = £12.00
|isbn          = ISBN: 979-8580066561
|isbn          = ISBN 979-8580066561  
|format        = Paperback book, 475 pages
|format        = Paperback book, 475 pages
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'''''Hunky Dory''''' was a novel written by released in [[22 January (releases)|January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. Magrs described it as the first standalone novel he had written in years;<ref>[https://twitter.com/paulmagrs/status/1352655892198653964 Paul Magrs on Twitter]</ref> its main character, [[Dodie Golightly]], originated in the [[2013 (releases)|2013]] ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' story ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]'', and since has appeared in several of Magrs' works.
'''''Hunky Dory''''' was a novel written by [[Paul Magrs]] and independently published via [[Amazon (service)|Amazon]] in [[22 January (releases)|January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. Magrs described it as the first standalone novel he had written in years;<ref>[https://twitter.com/paulmagrs/status/1352655892198653964 Paul Magrs on Twitter]</ref> its main character, [[Dodie Golightly]], originated in the [[2013 (releases)|2013]] ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' story ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]'', and since has appeared in several of Magrs' works.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Dodie Golightly]] has just taken charge of [[Hunky Dory]] café: the best café in the world. In a neglected corner of [[Manchester|south Manchester]] they've been serving frothy [[coffee]] and late night [[pizza]]s longer than Dodie's even been alive. She's in her mid-thirties, still living at home, and waiting for her life to start. She's hidden herself away too long..!
[[Dodie Golightly]] has just taken charge of [[Hunky Dory]] café: the best café in the world. In a neglected corner of [[Manchester|south Manchester]] they've been serving frothy [[coffee]] and late night [[pizza]]s longer than Dodie's even been alive. She's in her mid-thirties, still living at home, and waiting for her life to start. She's hidden herself away too long..!


Her mother [[Elena (Hunky Dory)|Elena]] has other ideas for the café her recently-deceased husband created. She's decided it's time to go upmarket and continental. This glamorous widow is a bundle of energy: intent on saving the local library, finishing off her memoirs and even organising a little light kidnapping of unruly [[Creative Writing]] Professors...
Her mother [[Prudence Golightly|Elena]] has other ideas for the café her recently-deceased husband created. She's decided it's time to go upmarket and continental. This glamorous widow is a bundle of energy: intent on saving the local library, finishing off her memoirs and even organising a little light kidnapping of unruly [[Creative Writing]] Professors...


New to the Golightly circle is [[Ian (Hunky Dory)|Ian]] – a young gay man who comes to work at the café: whose dream is to have a tiny secondhand [[bookshop]] and watch the world go by. He's cynical about love and stuck in a mostly-off romance with a lad who works on the market. But this is the year that Ian's about to fall in love at last...  
New to the Golightly circle is [[Ian (The Blue Angel)|Ian]] – a young gay man who comes to work at the café: whose dream is to have a tiny secondhand [[bookshop]] and watch the world go by. He's cynical about love and stuck in a mostly-off romance with a lad who works on the market. But this is the year that Ian's about to fall in love at last...


It looks as if Dodie has found [[love]], too – with a [[sexy]], slightly tubby guy who's writing the strangest-sounding [[sci-fi]] [[novel]] in the world. These three and their best friends and neighbours embark on all kinds of adventures through long summer nights in Manchester, with library sit-ins, nights out dancing, hostage-takings and lots of nocturnal coffee and gin...  
It looks as if Dodie has found [[love]], too – with a [[sexy]], slightly tubby guy who's writing the strangest-sounding [[sci-fi]] [[novel]] in the world. These three and their best friends and neighbours embark on all kinds of adventures through long summer nights in Manchester, with library sit-ins, nights out dancing, hostage-takings and lots of nocturnal coffee and gin...


A bit like [[Armistead Maupin]] in multicultural south Manchester - it's a novel about storytelling, friendship and love: and about finding your place in the world.
A bit like [[Armistead Maupin]] in multicultural south Manchester - it's a novel about storytelling, friendship and love: and about finding your place in the world.
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Dodie Golightly]]
* [[Dodie Golightly]]
* [[Elena (Hunky Dory)|Elena]]
* [[Prudence Golightly|Elena]]
* [[Ian (Hunky Dory)|Ian]]
* [[Ian (The Blue Angel)|Ian]]
''more to be added''
''more to be added''


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Elena was born and raised in [[Levenshulme]].
* Elena was born and raised in [[Levenshulme]].
* Belinda lives on [[Chestnut Avenue]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The plot of Oliver's novel ''[[Retro-Thrusters]]'' parodies a typical Magrs science fiction novel.
* Magrs released an almost complete version of ''Hunky Dory'' on his Patreon, with a few chapters moved and/or omitted.<ref>[https://www.patreon.com/posts/hunky-dory-in-35291799?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare Hunky Dory - in one piece!]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Dodie previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mother, Maiden, Crone (novel)|Mother, Maiden, Crone]]''.
* Dodie has a controlling mother and likes [[horror]] films. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]'')
* The train to [[Manchester Piccadilly|Piccadilly]] runs through [[Levenshulme railway station]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wickerwork Man (short story)|The Wickerwork Man]]'', ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'')
* [[Ian (The Blue Angel)|Ian]] has pale skin and what appears to be a [[tattoo]] of blue feathers covering his [[collarbone]]. Dodie assumes he's [[Irish]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'')
* Michael's favourite book is ''[[The Mysterious Mr Tweet]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellowship of Ink (novel)|Fellowship of Ink]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:2021 novels]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]]
[[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]]
[[Category:Stories set in Manchester]]
[[Category:Stories set in Manchester]]

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Hunky Dory was a novel written by Paul Magrs and independently published via Amazon in January 2021. Magrs described it as the first standalone novel he had written in years;[1] its main character, Dodie Golightly, originated in the 2013 Iris Wildthyme story The Ninnies on Putney Common, and since has appeared in several of Magrs' works.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dodie Golightly has just taken charge of Hunky Dory café: the best café in the world. In a neglected corner of south Manchester they've been serving frothy coffee and late night pizzas longer than Dodie's even been alive. She's in her mid-thirties, still living at home, and waiting for her life to start. She's hidden herself away too long..!

Her mother Elena has other ideas for the café her recently-deceased husband created. She's decided it's time to go upmarket and continental. This glamorous widow is a bundle of energy: intent on saving the local library, finishing off her memoirs and even organising a little light kidnapping of unruly Creative Writing Professors...

New to the Golightly circle is Ian – a young gay man who comes to work at the café: whose dream is to have a tiny secondhand bookshop and watch the world go by. He's cynical about love and stuck in a mostly-off romance with a lad who works on the market. But this is the year that Ian's about to fall in love at last...

It looks as if Dodie has found love, too – with a sexy, slightly tubby guy who's writing the strangest-sounding sci-fi novel in the world. These three and their best friends and neighbours embark on all kinds of adventures through long summer nights in Manchester, with library sit-ins, nights out dancing, hostage-takings and lots of nocturnal coffee and gin...

A bit like Armistead Maupin in multicultural south Manchester - it's a novel about storytelling, friendship and love: and about finding your place in the world.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

more to be added

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The plot of Oliver's novel Retro-Thrusters parodies a typical Magrs science fiction novel.
  • Magrs released an almost complete version of Hunky Dory on his Patreon, with a few chapters moved and/or omitted.[2]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]