Suzy Suzy
Chapters (90)
Cover
By the same author
Novels
Alice Falling
Minding Children
The Map of Tenderness
This is the Country
Grace’s Day
Short Fiction
No Paradiso
Hearing Voices/Seeing Things
The Islands
Poetry
Mathematics & Other Poems
Fahrenheit Says Nothing To Me
Ghost Estate
The Yellow House
SUZY SUZY
William Wall
Copyright
First published by New Island Books and Head of Zeus in 2019
Copyright © William Wall, 2019
The moral right of William Wall to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organisations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN (HB): 9781788545501
ISBN (XTPB): 9781789544008
ISBN (E): 9781788545495
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Contents
By the same author
Welcome Page
Copyright
Glossary of Dialect Terms
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
About William Wall
An Invitation from the Publisher
Glossary of Dialect Terms
af – as fuck, as in ‘angry af’
cba – couldn’t be arsed
cya – see ya
ffs – for fuck’s sake
idk – I don’t know (sometimes a form of punctuation)
ikr – I know right (usually an expression of resignation or disbelief)
like – a form of verbal punctuation
lol – laughing out loud (sometimes spoken)
milf – mother I’d like to fuck
omg – oh my god
oml – oh my lord
tbf – to be fair
tbh – to be honest