Panenka by Ronan Hession

Panenka by Ronan HessionHis name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships. Now aged 50, Panenka begins to rebuild an improvised family life with his estranged daughter and her seven year old son. But at night, Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize

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Written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie

Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France

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a lost father