Kerry Hudson: Chatterbox

My novel, TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE-CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE MY MA, will be published by Chatto & Windus in Summer 2012. My second novel, THIRST, is being developed with support from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

No longer naked…

Tony Hogan that is. So here we have it with its beautiful bold colours and graphic illustration. A wonderful set of clothes for my book. Almost ready to be seen out in the world…I love it.

The cover definitely pulls at the energy and humour of the book, the sweet parts of Janie and her family. But then there is the council estate in the background suggesting all the the things, good and bad, that comes of people living hard-up against it and in such close proximity. And there’s Janie, in her jeans and t-shirt, wild hair flying behind her, jumping as though that big red balloon filled with her thoughts would simply lift her away into the bright blue Scottish sky; caught in that perfect moment before, inevitably, she’ll be back on the cracked pavement slabs, feet fizzing, ready to try and reach the clouds again.