Brand new paperback of WORDS BEST SUNG, a bittersweet tale of young love and rock & roll in the tradition of Billy Liar, A Kind of Loving, Lucky Jim etc. set in swinging sixties Nottinghamshire, Skegness and London. 
 
Chosen as 'Nottingham UNESCO City Of Literature's 'Summer Read 2018' and named among the 'Top 100 Best Nottingham Novels' for World Book Day 2019.

Excellent reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.

Last few copies here for only £3.99 delivered post free (UK only).  RRP £7.99. 

REVIEWS:

"Cracking debut...plenty of laugh-out-loud lines...will be loved by anyone with a fondness for the Swinging Sixties"
John Baird, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature

"A beautifully realised coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of working class East Midlands in the 1960s."
Clare Harvey, author, The Escape and The Night Raid.

"I very much enjoyed this debut novel. If you're a fan of Billy Liar, going down to London and the Kinks, so will you. #smashing" 
Andy Miller, author, The Year of Reading Dangerously.


For as long as he could remember, Alastair Braymoor had dreamed about two things: steam engines, and Charlotte, the tomboy from the top of the street. But when he starts work on the railway, steam is just a few years from extinction and Charlotte has run away to the bright lights, leaving Alastair hopelessly in lust with gorgeous but uptight Mary. 

After a seaside brawl leads to his pal playing drums for one of the hottest R&B groups in the country, at a concert with The Beatles, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones, a boys' adventure to the capital proves a revelation in more ways than any of them could ever have imagined. 


“There’s so much heart and humour and unshowy craft in Words Best Sung that, about a third of the way in, I found myself longing to slip through a portal and inhabit its world. While Evans’ influences are apparent, he never once slips into cliche or pastiche. His characters are too complex for that; his eye for detail too thorough. His turn of phrase is enviable. In its own modest way, it’s a quite spectacular debut.” 
Pete Paphides, author, Broken Greek

"Sometimes melancholy, sometimes dramatic, sometimes gently amusing, Words Best Sung pays wistful, consistently enjoyable homage to Billy Liar, A Kind of Loving and other films and novels of the late 1950s and early 1960s" 
Paul Willetts, author of King Con and Members Only

"Hilarious, touching, romantic...a really cracking read." 
Sally Lindsay,  Still Open All Hours / Mount Pleasant

"A lovely, heartfelt story." 
Dave Johns, star of the Ken Loach Palme d'Or and Bafta-winning film I, Daniel Blake 

"So evocative and lovingly written." 
Nat Luurtsema, author Girl Out of Water

"A love letter to Nottinghamshire."
Left Lion Magazine