The Gallopers
by Jon Ransom
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Pub Date 23 Jan 2025 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2025
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Description
Winner of the Polari Book Prize 2024
'The Gallopers is a whispered howl of a novel’ Guardian
Three men bound together in a blistering story that spans 30 years, from 1953 into the 1980s and the AIDS epidemic, The Gallopers is a visceral and mesmerising novel of deceit, desire and unspeakable loss.
1953. Eli is nineteen years old and lives alongside a cursed field with his strange aunt Dreama. Six months before, his mother disappeared during the North Sea flood. Unsure of his place in the world and of the man he is becoming, Eli is ready to run.
Shane Wright is a man with plenty to hide. Caught in a complicated relationship with Eli, Shane is desperate to maintain the double life that he has created for himself.
Then Jimmy Smart appears. Jimmy Smart, the mysterious showman who turns the gallopers at the fair. Under his watchful gaze, Eli discovers a world he knows nothing about with rules he cannot understand.
A Note From the Publisher
Jon grew up in Norfolk and now lives near Cambridge. Ransom's short stories have appeared in many anthologies He was awarded an Arts Council grant to develop The Gallopers.
Advance Praise
‘Ransom has written a hypnotic and even more mysterious second novel…This is a lust-drenched, ache-filled gay love triangle of sorts that gnarls into a sly emotional thriller. The Gallopers is a whispered howl of a novel’ Guardian
‘The Gallopers reads very much like Tennessee Williams. Ransom’s writing matches sensitivity with winning boldness and stands out for its emotional honesty’ TLS
‘Tremendous character and flavour…bristles with originality’ Financial Times
'It’s a book packed with explosive secrets and deception, but it’s the hard-to-express emotions and the longing for love that lends this poignant tale its momentum' Daily Mail
‘A beautiful, gritty book’ Paul Brittney
‘Ransom is a master of foreboding’ Bookseller
'This is an excellent and vital addition to the queer canon’ Matt Cain
‘The Gallopers explores the social stigma of forbidden love and the ramifications for those who wish to express that love, even when the stakes are at their highest’ Breaking News Ireland
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781738452873 |
| PRICE | £10.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 208 |
