Eye/Lightning Books has netted George Harrison’s debut on the ‘drudgery of fandom’.
The story follows two men who sit in adjacent seats over the course of a football season and form a friendship. Season examines “the healing, unifying but often maddening role of ritualised sport in the lives of ordinary men”.
As quoted in the Bookseller, editor Dan Hiscocks said, “This is an immaculately written, formally original debut novel which captures the agony and expensive drudgery of loyal fandom, as well as those occasional soaring highs that make it all worth while. It’s also about male isolation and friendship. I hope it will touch any reader, whether they care about football or not. George Harrison is an exceptional talent and we’re proud to have him on our list.”
Harrison penned Season as part of the Escalator Talent Development Programme at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich. He was mentored by novelist Michael Donkor.
Harrison commented: “Given the paucity of serious literary novels set in and around our national sport, I feared it might be a long shot to find a publisher willing to take a risk on Season. But right from the beginning, the team at Eye Books have proven that they understand and share my vision for this novel to an almost telepathic degree.”
George has edited and ghostwritten several non-fiction books, and he has also worked as an editorial consultant on other people’s novels. He edited the final memoir of the golfing great Peter Alliss, Reflections on a Life Well Lived, and is also the co-author of Inside Allenwood, an Amazon bestseller about the life of a white-collar criminal in an American prison.
Season, will be published by Lightning Books in January 2025. Pre-order here.
His website can be viewed here.
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