Driving Short Distances

Sam is 27 and needs to get a job. Keith, who claims to be a second cousin of his (absent) father, offers him one. On Keith's card it says he does 'distribution and delivery', which seems to consist of 'a lot of driving around, getting out of the car for a few minutes and then getting back in', Sam tells his mother. And so the days go by, Keith driving to a trading estate, ducking into a portakabin, all the while telling Sam stories about his first boss, Geoff Crozier, his mentor in distribution and delivery. As the weeks pass, Sam gets to know Keith's friends, flirty Hazel-Claire from whom they buy two pasties every day at lunchtime, a variety of receptionists, and a few tantalising secrets from Keith's past...As in Days of the Bagnold Summer, Joff Winterhart is a master at depicting ordinary life in all its utterly poignant and funny mundanity.

About the author

Joff Winterhart is an artist, writer, occasional film-maker, 'drummer', and dog fan. His graphic novel Days of the Bagnold Summer was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2012 and adapted into a film. His second graphic novel Driving Short Distances came out in 2017. He also made the animated films Two Guys I know and Violet and Turquoise, which won the Cymru BAFTA for best animation in 2003. He lives in Bristol, where he plays drums and writes songs in the long-running band Bucky, and thinks about getting a new dog.

Product details

• Authors: Joff Winterhart, Winterhart Joff, Joff Winterheart
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780224099806
• ISBN: 978-0-224-09980-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 257 mm x 257 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; FICTION / Coming of Age, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, Humour, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Graphic novel / Comic book: humorous, American style / tradition comic books, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Humorous