Dead Straight Line
Description
Bloomsbury presents Dead Straight Line by Malcolm Duffy, read by George Bray.
Two unlikely worlds collide as prize-winning Malcolm Duffy explores the life-changing repercussions of a single action in a game gone wrong.
Sixteen-year-old Rory is a rule-breaker, a risk taker, a maverick. As a kick he comes up with a game called Dead Straight Line. The idea is simple – wherever you happen to be, you've got to get home in a dead straight line. Across the back gardens of stranger's houses, locked parks, trespassing on private property – whatever it takes.
One day, Rory pressures his friend Eliot into playing, resulting in a serious accident. Shunned by friends and facing pressure from his furious parents, Rory becomes even more angry and disruptive. When his school suggests helping out a care home, he's unimpressed. But paired up with Tanker, an eighty-year-old Geordie military veteran, who fought in the Falklands War, things slowly begin to change.
From seeking thrills to finding friends, choosing the right path in life is never a dead straight line. But there is always a way.
Product details
| Published | 09 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Audiobook |
| Duration | 6 hours and 1 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781035919246 |
| Imprint | Zephyr |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Reviews
Malcolm Duffy on Dead Straight Line
“Be curious about the world around you. Be a sponge.”
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