Anyone's Ghost

'This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled' - Matt Berninger of The National'Genuinely powerful' - The Irish TimesA gorgeous modern love story about the lives that change us, and the loves that haunt us. Set over twenty years, August Thompson's debut Anyone's Ghost will break your heart.It took three car crashes to kill Jake.The lonely life of fifteen-year-old Theron David Alden is transformed when he meets Jake. Older, cooler, more confident and startlingly beautiful, Jake likes the same bands, the same drugs, and has the same drive to oblivion.Over the course of two decades, Theron and Jake get high, drift apart, and are brought hurtling back together, until a final collision tears them apart forever.Theron wants Jake, and he wants to be Jake. But is Jake brave enough to want him back?'A beautiful exploration of the all-encompassing nature of friendship, specifically male friendship, and the devastating speed at which grief can derail your life' - Service95'An overwhelmingly beautiful love story. This book will make you cry' - Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated'It should be placed alongside modern love stories such as Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' - Crack