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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... | 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 (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... | 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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* Elena was born and raised in [[Levenshulme]]. | * Elena was born and raised in [[Levenshulme]]. | ||
* Belinda lives on [[Chestnut Avenue]]. | * Belinda lives on [[Chestnut Avenue]]. | ||
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{{Spin-offs}} | {{Spin-offs}} | ||
[[Category:2021 novels]] | [[Category:2021 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]] | [[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Manchester]] | [[Category:Stories set in Manchester]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:06, 9 November 2023
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]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Elena was born and raised in Levenshulme.
- Belinda lives on Chestnut Avenue.
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]]
- Dodie has a controlling mother and likes horror films. (PROSE: The Ninnies on Putney Common)
- 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)
- Michael's favourite book is The Mysterious Mr Tweet. (PROSE: Fellowship of Ink)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Hunky Dory on Amazon
