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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, March 1995: When twenty-three year old postman Andy Cooper and his dad Ron return home from watching their beloved Notts County win at Wembley, they discover to their horror that Andy's mum Marie has died. Unable to process the death of his wife, Ron wrongly blames his son for forcing him into going to the game and becomes a drunken recluse, leaving Andy to mourn the death of his mum alone. On his way home from work a few months later, Andy is forced to take shelter from a rainstorm in what turns out to be his local betting shop where he has a life changing experience; and after almost coming to blows with his dad on the way home from the cemetery a few days later, decides he's had enough. In an effort to regain control over his life, he sets himself a one year target to win enough money on the horses to escape Nottingham and his dad for good. However, it isn't long before he discovers that even the best laid plans rarely work out the way you would expect ...

About the Author :
Jon Franklin was born in Harrow, Greater London, in 1963. Shouting The Odds, published in July, 2021, is his debut novel and his inspiration for writing it comes from over thirty years' experience of the betting and racing industry, ten years as an employee of William Hill, followed by twenty-two years as a professional racecourse photographer. Shouting The Odds received glowing reviews in the Racing Post and the Sporting Life and Franklin was also the subject of a two part interview by Simon Nott as part of the Star Sports #BettingPeople series which can be seen on You Tube. The stand-alone sequel to Shouting The Odds, Manvers Road Star, was published in March, 2025.Jon began working for William Hill in 1987. It was his first experience of the racing and betting world, a world that has fascinated him ever since. During the years that followed, he worked at several betting shops in the West London area including the branch on Hanger Lane of which he became manager. Other than racing and betting, Jon's other passion in life was photography and following a re-think about his future, he successfully applied for a place on the degree course at Nottingham Trent University in 1994, where he supported himself financially by continuing to work at William Hill part time. During his penultimate year, The Independent on Saturday Magazine published a portfolio of his photographs that documented racecourse life in Britain. Jon graduated in 1997 and his first break as a racecourse photographer came via Lord March, owner of The Goodwood Estate. Thus began a twenty-year career as photographer of the 'Glorious Goodwood' meeting on Goodwood Estate's behalf. After relocating to Sweden in 2000, Jon's association with Goodwood led to work from many other of the UK and Ireland's leading racecourses such as Aintree, Ascot, Cheltenham, Epsom, Haydock Park, Sandown Park and Punchestown among others, before acquiring new clients in Scandinavia such as Jägersro, Täby and Övrevoll. Jon has written about his experiences as a racecourse photographer in The British Journal Of Photography Magazine and Gallop International Magazine, for whom he has also translated articles about racing from Swedish into English. He lives in Malmö, Sweden with his wife Annika.

Review :
'Andy's story is funny. moving and full of colourful characters. Shouting The Odds is a fantastic read.' Stan Hey, screenwriter (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Spender among others) and author of An Arm And Four Legs: A Journey into Racehorse Ownership. 'I was looking forward to reading Shouting The Odds. I wasn't disappointed. With so many cliffhangers, it would make for a great TV series ...' Sam Hardy, Racing Post 'Shouting The Odds is a great read. Racing fiction tends to be straight out of the Dick Francis school. This isn't. It's different and refreshingly so.' Dave Ord, The Sporting Life 'Shouting The Odds is a very enjoyable tale which punters and horse racing fans will lap-up, though it is sure to have wider appeal, too. Recommended.' Simon Nott, Betting, horse racing and music writer. Interviewer and video maker. Author of Skint Mob! "Anyone who has ever placed a wager in a UK betting shop will immediately recognize the roller-coaster ride of betting on horses, and the characters you meet along the way. This is a riveting story of family bonds, new-found friendships, and more, from debut novelist Jon Franklin. Am already looking forward to his next book..." "Shouting The Odds is a tale of a young man drifting into adulthood with the same dreams we all have, but with no obvious means of realising those dreams. Until he finds his real family, his true vocation and all the hope that comes with these. Throughout, Andy's heart is never anywhere hidden. It's as though the last thing he does on dressing each day is to pin it to his sleeve, raw and open and vulnerable to the world, and that is what makes his story so memorable. I look forward to see how that heart is holding up in Jon Franklin's follow-up, Manvers Road Star." "As a horseracing fan, I hugely enjoyed Shouting The Odds, but I think anyone who enjoys a good story would also enjoy it. Nottinghamshire life in the 1990s is wonderfully evoked as are the characters who inhabit the local betting shop. With a nice romantic subplot and a well-paced narrative, you'll be rooting for Andy Cooper before you know it!"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789153134350
  • Publisher: Softwood Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Softwood Books
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Betting to flee the past.
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9153134354
  • Publisher Date: 02 Aug 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 308 gr


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