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When he was five Neil's mother walked out of the family home. Two years later she returned with a new man, Derek Cross. His new stepfather prided himself on being an exemplary parent: kind, patient, never too tired to read him stories. Neil loved him. Yet underneath lurked another Derek Cross - a monster; conman, adulterer, liar, racist and a cold-hearted manipulator.
Every morning, first thing, Derek Cross used to beat the dog. He liked things neat, and dogs like the one he had given his stepson, the author of this remarkable memoir, mess things up... Cross has given his own life story the shapeliness and ironic depth of fiction' Sunday Times
'A wonderful memoir...a great example of how to wrest real life into a work of art' Jonathan Coe, Guardian
'Straight from the heart. Quite simply it cannot be faulted" Big Issue
'It is the relentless prosecution of Derek that truly ignites the book... The way Cross puts the authorial boot in, tears shining in his eyes, is riveting'
Independent on Sunday
'Moving and engrossing... Heartland is a tour de force' Daily Mail
Every morning, first thing, Derek Cross used to beat the dog. He liked things neat, and dogs like the one he had given his stepson, the author of this remarkable memoir, mess things up... Cross has given his own life story the shapeliness and ironic depth of fiction' Sunday Times
'A wonderful memoir...a great example of how to wrest real life into a work of art' Jonathan Coe, Guardian
'Straight from the heart. Quite simply it cannot be faulted" Big Issue
'It is the relentless prosecution of Derek that truly ignites the book... The way Cross puts the authorial boot in, tears shining in his eyes, is riveting'
Independent on Sunday
'Moving and engrossing... Heartland is a tour de force' Daily Mail