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Loading... Looks and Smilesby Barry Hines
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Mick Walsh, the central protagonist, is a good kid,who happens to be at the wrong time in the wrong,place. He wants to learn how to be a motorcycle,mechanic, but bad luck, inexperience, and tough,economic times prevent him from getting a job. At,a disco one evening, he meets and dances with,Karen Lodge, whose future is similarly bleak. She,works in the local shoe shop and the pair hang out,with Mick's buddy, Alan, who joins the army and,ends up in Northern Ireland. As ever, Hines avoids,sentimentality and tells it like it is, without,ever relinquishing hope and sympathy. No library descriptions found. |
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