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Whitehawk
Mel Banff is a new kind of social worker. Overseen by the shadowy Rationality Unit, she will be stationed with one family for three months ‘to try to bring a greater sense of reasonableness’ into their disorderly lives. The family, though, prove resistant to her methods in ways she had never imagined, and Mel’s certainties begin to crumble as their bizarre story rises up to engulf her.
‘Hilarious’ Brighton Magazine
‘a pacy read... Nolan’s dialogue is sharp and witty throughout... a well-observed satire.’ Time Out
'bizarre... hugely entertaining...’ Brighton Evening Argus
I am a novelist living and working in Brighton, UK, in a haunted palace by the sea. I write horror/psychological thrillers as Simon Maginn: Sheep (filmed as The Dark), Virgins and Martyrs, A Sickness of the Soul, Methods of Confinement, Rattus (novella).
By night, I become Simon Nolan, who writes raucous urban comedies: As Good as it Gets, The Vending Machine of Justice, Whitehawk. I play the piano incessantly, and paint in an uncontrolled and, frankly, disgusting way.
‘Nolan is brilliant’ Time Out
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Hi Simon
I’ve already read Whitehawk in paperback and loved it but I thought you should know that your link to Kindle doesn’t work in the UK.
Whitehawk reminded me a bit of The Wicker Man (in a good way), with Sergeant Howie recast as Mel Banff and Kenneth as a kind of Lord Summerisle on a DFS sofa.
Why thank you sir. I hadn’t thought of The Wicker Man, but I see what you mean. I was thinking more of the story about the anthropologist who is systematically lied to about everything by the tribe she is studying. The link works when I try it. I’ll investigate further.