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'''''Hunky Dory''''' was a | '''''Hunky Dory''''' was a [[Paul Magrs]] novel released in [[22 January (releases)|January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. Magrs described it as the first standalone literally 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]]''. | ||
== 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]] | [[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. | 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... | ||
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. | 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... | ||
It looks as if Dodie has found [[love]], too – with a [[sexy]], slightly tubby guy | 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 - | 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 == | == Plot == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TQ7DTVF/ | {{elx|page url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TQ7DTVF/|page name=''Hunky Dory''|website url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/|website name=Amazon}} | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 25 January 2021
Hunky Dory was a Paul Magrs novel released in January 2021. Magrs described it as the first standalone literally novel he had written in years;[1] its main character, Dodie Golightly, originated in the 2013 Iris Wildthyme story The Ninnies on Putney Common.
Publisher's summary
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
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Characters
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References
- Elena was born and raised in Levenshulme.
Notes
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Continuity
- Dodie originated from PROSE: The Ninnies on Putney Common, and was then seen in PROSE: Mother, Maiden, Crone.
- The train to Piccadilly runs through Levenshulme railway station. (PROSE: The Wickerwork Man, The Story of Fester Cat)
External links
- Hunky Dory on Amazon
