Show me the sky
Why might a man walk out on his life?
Time is running out for James Dent. On the trail of missing singer Billy K, his team has exhausted every lead. The investigation has cost Dent his marriage, his home and possibly his job. All he has left is a copy of 'Show Me the Sky' - the book Billy was reading when he vanished.
With only the clothes on his back, Dent himself disappears. He believes he can solve this case alone. He can have little idea where this journey will take him. From the love letter of a motorcyclist stranded in central Australia, to the back streets and brothels of Mombasa. Dent begins to wonder if he is a trailing a man, a ghost or himself.
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Show Me the Sky is available from amazon.co.uk, play.com, Waterstone's, Blackwell, WHSmith and other retailers in the UK, and amazon.com and other retailers in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
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Read the opening pages of Show Me the Sky using Amazon's Look Inside feature.
Read a sample from Show Me the Sky in the July 2008 edition of Pulp Net.
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REVIEWS:
“An assured and gripping debut.” — Ian MacMillan, The Verb, BBC Radio 3
“A daring, complex, fascinating and satisfying tale.” — Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels
“Nicholas Hogg relates a clever, fast-paced plot, with simple, elegant and poetic prose...I was hooked from page one.” — Eleanor Thom, author of The Tin-Kin
“Show Me the Sky is an absorbing exploration of identity, escaping the past — and the urge to return home.” — Product Magazine
“His subtle and clever novel weaves together five different narrative strands... plotted so artfully.” — The Big Issue
“Show Me the Sky is a superb novel…an ambitious and accomplished work and a harbinger of further riches to come” — The Compulsive Reader. ...read more
“The voices are convincing, the tension relentless, the book's narratives alternating with perfect timing.” — Barrie Sherwood, author of Escape from Amsterdam
“Like a four-part harmony, Hogg balances these voices, strengthening the book's message of staying true to one's roots... His swift change in style really shines.” — The Sunday Herald
“The plotting and narrative are sometimes so skillfully administered that one tends to forget that this is the freshman attempt by the author.” — Blog Critics Magazine. ...read more
“Show Me the Sky is a serious tour de force.” — Vanessa Gebbie, author of Words from a Glass Bubble. ...read more.
“A mightily impressive debut...Some of the writing is understated brilliance. The ability to switch from current vernacular to the proper writings of the 1830s seems effortless.” — amazon.co.uk ‘Vine Voice’
“Well researched and exciting...The journal by the Fijian is convincing and Nicholas Hogg shows that he is a fine storyteller with a good grasp of 19th century life.” — Waterstone's
“Hogg performs a full range of literary circus feats... leading his reader on an exotic journey of the myriad forms and frailties of existence, highlighted by the power of books to change lives.” — Adelaide Advertiser