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UnderCooked is a raw, funny and heart-breaking portrait of working-class life in modern Britain - a story about family, masculinity, quiet ambition, and the small moments that change people forever.

John Taylor lives carefully. Same job. Same routines. Same streets. Traumatized by a childhood loss that still shadows him decades later, he believes keeping life small keeps people safe. His wife Jackie wants something different.

She wants wider horizons. new experiences and a bigger world for herself and for their son Mikey. A life beyond survival mode, beyond shrinking expectations and dreams quietly packed away.

When Jackie secretly takes Mikey to boxing at Lion ABC, a struggling gym hidden behind a boarded up pub, everything begins to shift. As the gym gives Mikey confidence, friendship and purpose, Jackie begins taking risks of her own, chasing a future she'd almost convinced herself wasn't meant for people like them. Slowly, painfully, John is forced to confront the fears that have shaped his entire life.

But when organised crime, hidden money and violence collide with their ordinary world, the fragile future they've started building is suddenly placed in danger.

Set among freight yards, fading high streets, worn kitchens and forgotten northern towns, UnderCooked blends social realism, dark humour and emotional warmth into a deeply human story about love, class, loyalty and second chances.

UnderCooked is not a story about heroes or miracles. It is about ordinary people loving fiercely, getting things wrong, and slowly discovering how much damage is done when we stop expecting more - from life, from each other, and from ourselves.

Perfect for readers who love emotionally rich British fiction filled with authentic characters, sharp dialogue, humour, heartbreak and hope.

If you loved the emotional honesty of Kes, the warmth and realism of This Is England, or contemporary working-class fiction with real emotional depth, then UNDERCOOKED is for you.

Parametre knihy

• Celý názov: UnderCooked
• Podnázov: A Gritty British Family Drama
• Autor: Tony McNulty
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Brožovaná
• Počet strán: 258
• EAN: 9798198133037
• ID: 52769542
• Nakladateľ: Independently published
• Hmotnosť: 351 g
• Rozmery: 229 × 152 × 14 mm
• Dátum vydania: 03. June 2026

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