Lovelace Flats
Jupiter Jones
£4.99 – £10.99
In 1982, the year of the Falklands War, three naïve and self-absorbed students move to the dystopic Lovelace Flats and become unwittingly embroiled in a series of deaths. Petra, Woody, and Stan know the flats are run-down and disreputable, but the year starts with a cold winter, and underfloor heating is included in the rent — as if the flats were built directly over the firepits of hell.
Praise for Lovelace Flats
A complex, ambitious, and deeply impressive novella, Lovelace Flats has real charm as well as an edge. Jupiter Jones builds a rich story-world from vivid settings, and her ensemble cast is a 1980s society in microcosm.
—Michael Loveday, author of Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash
Jupiter Jones is that rare thing — a writer with a voice entirely, unmistakably her own. In darkly comic prose, packed full of startling linguistic brio, Lovelace Flats transports us to the concrete walkways and landings of the 1980s inner-city flats. A tautly plotted story building to a terrifying climax.
—David Rhymes, author of The Last Days of the Union
In this novella, Jupiter Jones achieves a perfect balance of tension and humour. Each character, whether central or peripheral, is intricately drawn — complex, surprising, often vulnerable. I loved it.
—Johanna Robinson, author of Homing
Jupiter Jones grew up on the north-west coasts of Cumbria and Lancashire. The first was wild and secretive, the second trashy and jaded; she loved them both. After a brief spell in London to complete a PhD in Spectatorial Embarrassment at Goldsmiths, she now lives in Wales and writes short and flash fictions. She is the winner of the Colm Tóibín International Prize (2018 and 2021) and her stories and flash have been published by Aesthetica, Brittle Star, Fish, Reflex Press, Scottish Arts Trust, and her novella-in-flash The Death and Life of Mrs Parker by Ad Hoc Fiction.
Susan Wigmore (verified owner) –
A smart, tragic-comic slice of life and a period of recent history so vividly evoked. Lovelace characters burst from the page in their efforts to avoid “being inexorably sucked towards the plughole” . . . if they’re lucky enough to see it. Beautifully written.
Bridget W. (verified owner) –
Just finished reading Lovelace Flats, a novella set in 1982 England, with links to the Falklands War.
This intense story will keep the reader guessing how the author, Jupiter Jones, will complete the plot in a way that fits the themes of class, culture, sex, and war, to name but a few. Congratulations on a unique and entertaining novella.
Anne Eyries –
Title: intriguing.
Storyline, format, style and language: zany, novel, interesting and clever.
Research: well done and well dosed.
Characters and voices: wild and believable.
Finale: neat and convincing.
Nom de plume: fabulous.
Lovelace Flats: a great read in every way which is no mean feat in this day and age.
(Although I couldn’t purchase directly from Reflex Press who are currently unable to fulfil orders from countries within the EU, bookdepository.com was able to deliver.)