Synopsis
The Monster in the Hall
Published by Faber & Faber
Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad
Her Dad - Duke - is a spliff smoking (for medicinal reasons you understand), bike riding, heavy metal loving, horror movie loving, pizza eating widower who's brought up Duck since the death of her Mother in a crash
The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away
The Monster in the Hall follows Duck as she tries to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change