Kevin Brooks





Kevin Brooks

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born
March 30, 1959 in Exeter, Devon, England, The United Kingdom

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J. D. Salinger


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Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk.

Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North Eas...more


Average rating: 3.75 · 9,821 ratings · 1,270 reviews · 26 distinct works
Candy
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 2,749 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions
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Lucas
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,801 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions
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Being
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,089 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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The Road Of The Dead
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
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Black Rabbit Summer
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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Martyn Pig
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 740 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions
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iBoy
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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Kissing The Rain
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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Killing God. Kevin Brooks
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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Naked
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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“It’s always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back. ”
Kevin Brooks, Lucas

“Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.”
Kevin Brooks, Lucas

“Getting over it doesn't mean forgetting it, it just means reducing the pain to a tolerable level, a level that doesn't destroy you. I know that right now the idea of getting over it is unimaginable. It's impossible, inconceivable, unthinkable. You don't want to get over it. Why should you? It's all you've got. You don't want kind words, you don't care what other people think or say, you don't want to know how they felt when they lost someone, They're no you, are there! They can't feel what you feel. The only thing you want is the things you can't have. It's gone. Never coming back. No one know how that feels. No one know what it's like to reach out and touch someone who isn't there and will never be there again. No one knows the unifiable emptiness. No one but you. You and me, love. We don't want anything. We want to die, but life won't let us. We're all it's got.”
Kevin Brooks, Lucas

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Time to pick our July Non-Series read. Here are the onces to choose from. The poll will be up through Sunday, Monday I'll post the winners in our bookshelf.

 
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