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Loney (name)
Loney is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Loney Gordon, (1915–1999), American chemist and laboratory researcher *Loney Haskell, (1870–1933), American vaudeville entertainer and theatre manager Surname * Allan Loney, Canadian ice hockey player * Cleve Loney, American politician * Ernest Loney, British middle- and long-distance runner * Jack Loney, Australian writer and amateur maritime historian. * James Loney (peace activist), a Canadian activist who was once held hostage in Iraq * James Loney (baseball), American baseball player * John Loney, Canadian politician * June Loney, Australian harpist * Nicholas Loney, English businessman and the British Empire's vice-consul in the city of Iloílo. * Michael Loney, Australian actor * Milton R. Loney, American politician * Peter Loney, Victoria, Australia politician * S L Loney, British mathematician * Troy Loney, Canadian ice hockey player * William Loney, British naval officer * Willie Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loney
Andrew Michael Hurley (born 1975) is a British writer whose debut novel, ''The Loney'', was published in a limited edition of 350 copies on 1 October 2014 by Tartarus Press and was published under Hodder and Stoughton's John Murray imprint in 2015 (). He was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's '' Open Book'' programme "British Gothic" in October 2015. ''The Loney'' has been reviewed in ''The Guardian'' and ''The Telegraph''. It is set in the area of Morecambe Bay in north west England, described in the text as "that strange nowhere between the Wyre and the Lune". Hurley has said that the novel's two starting points were "to write a kind of dark version of the Nativity ..and exploring ideas of faith and belief" and "various wild, lonely places on the north west coast of Lancashire ..a sense of imminent menace or dormant power lying just under the sand and the water". It is the winner of the 2015 Costa Book Awards First Novel Award as well as the British Book Industry award for best deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |