Nutcase

By Tony Williams,

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Read Regional 2019 - 'Discover brilliant Northern writers'

Aidan Wilson's misfortune is to be hard as nails

In this darkly hilarious and seriously horrifying book Williams tells the story of Aidan, a vigilante and young offender from one of Sheffield's roughest estates.

At breakneck speed, we see Aidan's world unravel…

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1 author picked Nutcase as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tony Williams is a writer living in the United Kingdom and his novel, Nutcase, is the most recent one on my list. Nutcase is a faithful retelling of The Saga of Grettir the Strong, only set in a slum in modern-day northern England. The transposition of a story originating in medieval Iceland to this present-day context makes it one of the most bizarre and unique novels I’ve ever read (in a good way). The story stays true to the saga’s plot and characters while bringing them to their new context in a very believable manner. The book is…

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