# The Deadman's Pedal

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- Book: [The Deadman's Pedal](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-warner/the-deadmans-pedal) ([The Deadman's Pedal.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-warner/the-deadmans-pedal.md))
- Authors: [Alan Warner](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-warner)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9926-876-5
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2013-05-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction Prize For 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price? Too ‘posh’ for the railways, too ‘working class’ for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.