Twoc

Twoc (twok) abbr. of criminal offence of Taking Without Owner’s Consent as distinct from Theft, usually applied to motoring offence of so-called ‘joyriding’. Since the joyriding accident, 15-year-old Matt Norris’s life has been hell. His brother, Jake, is dead and Jake’s girlfriend, Joolz, has been hideously scarred. Only Matt escaped the car crash unscathed. Or so it seems. Because now Jake is back, haunting Matt’s every step, appearing out of thin air dressed in outrageous costumes. What does he want? And why does he remember the accident differently? What exactly had happened? They’d all been too stoned to know. Riddled with guilt and desperate to unlock the truth, Matt attempts a reconstruction of that tragic day – with mind-blowing consequences.

Graham Joyce is the author of nine adult novels and has won numerous awards for his writing, including four British Fantasy Awards and the 2003 World Fantasy Award for The Facts of Life. He teaches creative writing at Nottingham Trent Univeristy and lives in Leicester with his wife and two children.