Danny Reluctant 12+

🔖 Set during the UK’s Britpop and Dance music explosion, ‘Danny Reluctant’ follows Danny Walmsley’s progress from jug-eared, bullied schoolboy, to unlikely lead singer of a band. Manipulated by Stan, an irreverent, to cool for school guitarist, Danny’s poetry is soon commandeered for the lyrics. With Kev (middle-aged, jazz-head) on bass and Dave (DJ, drug dealer) on drums the line up for the band is complete. But will their success help Danny find his estranged father?Set on a new path, Danny breaks free of his mother’s control. London opens his eyes to a burgeoning music scene: the factions, the fashions, the drugs and the scams. The highs of the gigs are spectacular; the lows of low rent living less so. Led ever further north, his dad seems in reach….. But just who is feeding him lies…?Shot through with dry humour and a wry look at the 90’s music scene, Danny Reluctant is a fast paced, speed snorting, page turner of a novel. But don’t be fooled by its brash exterior; beating beneath its cover is a big, fat, beating heart. This one’s for the lovers. And for the young and young at heart everywhere.