The Boy in the Suit

Solo Walker has a strange life. He and his mum, Morag, crash funerals for the free food. And, no, they never know the people who died.

Solo hates this life.  He desperately wants to be a normal ten-year-old and not a boy in an ill-fitting grey suit from a charity shop. He also wants to be able to forget the importance of a back story and not have to run out of shops when they can’t pay a bill.

This life works for a short period, but what happens when they get caught at the funeral of a famous footballer? And, more importantly, what is the reason behind their way of life?

This book is a sparkling, funny debut full of pathos and important issues such as food poverty and parental mental health as well as dysfunctional families. Solo’s voice is utterly believable and the reader is always rooting for him from the start.

The premise of the book may sound comedic, but the issues embedded in the narrative are not.