Bøger af Sean Hogan

This eBook contains the first three of Seán Hogan's works. The Unwashed is a gritty look at the problems faced by social outcasts in inner city London through nine short stories. Refugees struggling to adapt to their new world, an alcoholic who is battling his demons and a look at the problem of gentrification. 'An amazing book. I could not put it down. In particular the story about the young asylum seekers was incredible. It gave a great insight into the fear and uncertainty that asylum seekers must face on a daily basis. This story should be read by all, as it may help change the mindset of society in general.' I just came across this book by chance on Kindle and being a fan of gritty urban type books gave it a go. Reading these stories was like discovering a new genre of writing, I felt as if I was inside the characters heads and sharing their thoughts. 'These stories strip away the unnecessary descriptive prose of most books and the author allows you to visualise and paint your own pictures of people and places. The characters are believable and I can find people I know in every one of them and myself in more than a few of them. This is a truly remarkable read and one that will have you looking at the people you pass in the street every day in a completely different light.' Liar is a dark, gritty and true to life novel following a young boy as he grows up in inner city London with his drug addicted mother. It illustrates the realities of addiction as well as society's obsession with labels and how they affect people's lives. 'This was one of the most thought provoking books I have ever read. I could not out it down! I could relate the the themes and issues in the book, which felt empowering. I felt connected. Sean Hogan has given a voice to the children of drug addicts and highlighted their journey in life. I highly recommend this book to all and cannot wait for his next book to be released.' I couldn't put it down. Liar examines one family's journey through some of life's most desperate struggles, primarily via the voice of Jay, the only child of his heroin and crack-addicted mother. Hogan doesn't seek to woo the reader with sensationalized stereotyping, but tells it how it is from the point of view of all his characters. It is a story of loss, of the way society's deep prejudice against addicts and their families can do far more to destroy an individual than the actual drug itself ever could, of how what is said, and left unsaid, can shape our entire futures. A great read. Queen's Park to The Elephant is a book of sixteen short stories which follows London's Bakerloo Line. There is a story for each station along the line, giving in an insight into the people you see every day on your journey to work.

"...it was times like these when a man in a desperate situation must take whatever madness is offered to escape the darker madness in which he finds himself trapped." Painting Angels will take you on a journey with one man seeking a second chance. To do so, he will have to seek out three of the most prominent Angels within their hierarchy. But how can one simply find an Archangel, let alone three? This man quickly realizes that this is no easy task as he finds himself travelling across Europe in order to accomplish his mission. He meets bizarre and interesting people along the way who seem to know more about his troubled past than he can even remember. These social encounters create equivocal opinions, which could jeopardize his mission. This man will not be able to ignore the imminence of supernaturalism as he searches through elaborate puzzles and riddles for his chance at redemption.

Liar is a dark, gritty and true to life novel following a young boy as he grows up in inner city London with his drug addicted mother. It illustrates the realities of addiction as well as society's obsession with labels and how they affect people's lives.

A journey taken every day, often the same people sitting there in the carriage that you've claimed for yourself, it's yours and these people are being allowed to share it with you. Looking at insurance and holiday adverts above the person opposite. Eye contact is a glimpse in to their soul and they're not going to give you that, who knows what they'll give away? The person who gets off the train at that obscure stop which you know nothing about, what's there? Who even lives there? Why does that old Chinese lady live in Warwick Avenue? Cities are big places, you know barely anyone, those you do know, their lives are no longer interesting because they've told you a thousand times about that time they went to India to find themselves while dropping acid with washed out hippies. So cool, man! they probably never went anyway. Cynicism, why do you have to be so cynical? That guy over there, holding his sleeping bag, tattered trousers, big beard and a bright red jacket, he doesn't look like he belongs, he sticks out, I bet he has a proper story to tell. Oxford Circus, the tourists pour on and off the train, excited little kids with their mothers secretly hoping that mum is going to buy them something nice, already planning what they'll do with their new toy when they get home, the chance of disappointment buried deep at the back of their minds because for the next couple of hours they'll be living in hope, hope for the simplest of things. Like when you were a kid, when your mum used to take you to Oxford Street so you could look at the shop windows and the lights and the thousands of big red buses, and the people, so many people. You're envious of that kid, a day living the innocence of childhood again would be the greatest Christmas present. It's enough to make you smile and remember that it isn't all doom and gloom and the world isn't about to end because that's all the television and your friends on social media are telling you. It's a great place to live, you should have got off at Regent's Park and taken a trip to the zoo, it's a long time since you've been to the zoo. They've got a new panda apparently. You could nip over to Madame Tussauds while you're there as well, you've always wanted to meet William Shakespeare, lose yourself in your own little world, recapture the imagination that's been lost in a world of facts and information overload. All the sights and sounds, without the people there'd be no sights and sounds. Cities and towns and villages across the world, it's the people who make them. Even the ticket inspector who stopped you yesterday and told you you had to pay a fine because you'd bought the wrong ticket, you're still wishing ill upon him now, the thought of him makes you furrow your brow, I wonder when he went home did he give me a second thought? I doubt it, there's no conscience for the wicked. I bet he's doing the same thing to another misfortunate right now, he'll be enjoying it too. That uncle of yours, the one who lives in Kilburn, the Irish fella who came over on the boat years ago, long before your mother, I bet he'd have told him where to go. You should go up and see him soon, it's been a long time since you've sat in the bars of County Kilburn with a pint of Guinness, the soft voice of uncle Mickey telling you stories that make you laugh, pints flowing, songs of rebels and fields in the background. People get up, careful not to bang into someone else, fear of confrontation, fear of exposure. God forbid someone interacts with them. Your little dream well broken as the doors open and the rush up the stairs to the world above begins. The Elephant and Castle, there aren't any elephants, and the castles are bright pink. All change please, this train terminates here, all change. Queen's Park to The Elephant, sixteen stations, sixteen different people all with tales to tell.

A dark and gritty book of nine short stories set on a fictitious London housing estate. Each story follows a day in the life of a character and the struggles they face. An alcoholic struggling to defeat his demons, a humorous look at the gentrification of London and a refugee struggling to adapt to life in his new home are just three of the stories inside the book. The Unwashed will make you see people that are often judged by society in a new light.

PATHS CROSS - What is the relationship between Senator Greg Stillson and murderous preacher Harry Powell? How did sweet Alice Spages meet Roman and Minnie Castavet? What happens when Laura Mars gets into Travis Bickle's taxi?STORIES ENTWINE - What links Michael Myers to the strange town of Twin Peaks? How is Clint Eastwood's nameless Stranger connected to 'Dirty' Harry Callaghan? What Paranormal Activity goes on in the shadows of Hill House? In the follow-up to his acclaimed England's Screaming, Sean Hogan acts as your guide through the liminal spaces of North American horror, down Nightmare Alleys and across High Plains, following the Lost Highway all the way to the Bates Motel. At once fiction and criticism, Twilight's Last Screaming masterfully examines how our experience of cinema takes on an imaginative life of its own. It deconstructs and reassembles genre film into unfamiliar but recognisable shapes, mapping the history of the American horror movie, and ultimately, the dark heart of America itself.

Certified instructors Sean Hogan and Kevin Smeltz, along with championship golfers Suzann Pettersen and Ian Poulter and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Nick Price, provide invaluable advice on how to improve upon every aspect of the golf game by gaining a clear and concise understanding for each key element of the sport. The book shows golfers how to improve their full swing, short game, practice routines, and how to better their mental and physical conditioning strategies. The Leadbetter Golf Academy Handbook is a collection of successful blueprints by top-notch players and instructors that will help players of all levels improve their understanding and performance.