The Universe versus Alex Woods

The Universe versus Alex Woods

Published:
2013-01-31
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ISBN:
9781444765908
Meeting:
2018-03-05 (meeting #14)
Chosen by:
Sue
Pages:
416
File size (e-book):
427 KB
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Description:

Alex Woods knows that he hasn't had the most conventional start in life.

He knows that growing up with a clairvoyant single mother won't endear him to the local bullies.

He also knows that even the most improbable events can happen - he's got the scars to prove it.

What he doesn't know yet is that when he meets ill-tempered, reclusive widower Mr Peterson, he'll make an unlikely friend. Someone who tells him that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make the best possible choices.

So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing.

Author Details:

Gavin Extence is a contemporary English writer; in 2013 he won the Waterstones 11 literary prize for his first book, The Universe Versus Alex Woods. Gavin has a PhD in Film studies and is also a keen chess player.