Unhooking the Moon
by Gregory Hughes
Bob has a stubborn younger sister with disturbing fits and upsetting premonitions. She foretells her best friend's murder, their dog's disappearance and her father's death. Bob calls her the Rat.
When their father dies, the children run away to New York in search of drug-dealing Uncle Jerome. Otherwise it's the orphanage.
Sleeping rough in Central Park, they are befriended by a hustler, a cigar smuggler, a tramp and the celebrity rapper, Iceman. Caught by the cops, the Rat is taken to a children's home, run by paedophiles. The dramatic rescue has devastating consequences for everyone.
This captivating adventure touches on family love, loyalty, grief, bravery, violence and psychiatric illness. Its bittersweet conclusion leaves tears in the eyes.
Publisher: Quercus
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Gregory Hughes
Gregory had a colourful childhood. He was expelled from his Catholic School in Liverpool and sent to a wayward home for boys near Southport before being sent to a detention centre. He then lived in the US working as a removal man and cleaning the windows of New York skyscrapers and had to sleep rough on numerous occasions.
When he returned to England he took his GCSEs and began writing, which he continued in New York where he attended creative writing classes. His debut novel, Unhooking the Moon, was written in eight months whilst living in Iceland. Gregory lives in Norway and is currently in Vancouver working on a series of scripts.
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