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The 392

By: Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Narrated by: Devon Anderson, Ajjaz Awad, Callum Coates, Abigail Hardiman, Talitha Harry, Callum Huges, Caroline Lennon, Harry Myers, Michael Obiora, John Sackville, Natalie Simpson
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Set entirely on a London bus travelling from Hoxton to Highbury and taking place over just 36 minutes, the events of The 392 unfold through a cast of charismatic characters coming from very different worlds. On the 392 are all the familiar faces you might expect to see on any bus ride through inner-city London in the grip of gentrification; delinquent school kids, the high-flyers, the weird, the wonderful and the homeless. These Londoners share two things: a bus journey and a threat. A threat which is ready to blow apart everything they know.

Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a writer from Hackney, London. While working as a secondary school English teacher, he completed his MA in Creative Writing and Publishing from City, University of London part-time and is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia. His debut novel The 392, set almost entirely on a London bus over just 36 minutes, was released in April 2019. His second novel Your Show is set to be released with Faber in 2022.

©2019 Ashley Hickson-Lovence (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction England Thought-Provoking

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I enjoyed this book. Its has a simple premise thats artfully writen and acted. The characters are likable and believable, with gritty honesty.

great book, its class ^.^

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Absolutely was hooked from the first word. I had to finish this and couldn’t walk away!

Great story

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Have you ever taken a London bus?

Yes…

Read this book. It’s superb. Funny, rude, sad, intrusive, brash, racist, homophobic…

It stirs your emotions just by describing - what could be - an ‘everyday, normal’ bus trip.

I really enjoyed this book and I don’t get the bus. So worth picking up and reading.

Would definitely recommend.

A sad yet hopeful look into the psyche of the British public?

Just an everyday bus trip.

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I listened to it one session. What a brilliant book. Getting the insight into people's lives and how interpretation of stereotypes can affect everyone.

Brilliant

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Oh if we could read thoughts, would we love, dislike or understand each other more? Loved this so much, despite it not being my normal genre. Each character unfolded in a way that enabled us to know them better than we know those around us in real life. No heroes, no villains - just the beauty, ugliness, sadness and hope of normal human beings. The ending … well! Beautifully written, beautifully performed.

Absolutely Amazing!

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