THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON
Patrick Ness
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Published by Flamingo 2003
First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 2003
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Source ISBN: 9780007292028
Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2011 ISBN: 9780007390342
Version: 2019-01-17
‘Souls have complexions, too: what will suit one will not suit another.’
GEORGE ELIOT Middlemarch
For Marc Nowell
And in memory of my remarkable great aunt, Ingeborg Utheim 1915–1999
Contents
Part I. Welcome to Hennington.
6. The Mayor’s Office and its Discontents.
16. Why Archie Banyon Feels the Way He Does About Women.
17. ‘The Tale of Rufus and Rhonda'.
20. In the Hours Before Morning.
Part II. There Are No Ends, Only Changes.
23. Comfort for the Uncomfortable.
27. ‘Cleave’ Has Two Meanings.