num_pages: 273
description: Dan Silas returns to America for his high school reunion where he makes some unexpected discoveries. His former girlfriend tells him that her daughter was his child and Dan's oldest friend has suffered a breakdown and now believes himself to be the reincarnation of an Indian chief. In an attempt to make sense of these disturbing facts, Dan digs further into their lives, with both tragic and comic results. LEADING THE CHEERS is a rich portrayal of small-town life with wonderfully evoked characters and Justin Cartwright's beautifully observed writing.
language: English
title: Leading the Cheers
titlecomplete: Leading the Cheers
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 171
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Sceptre / Hodder and Stoughton