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A promising young football player returns home to his tiny Scottish village, his dreams in tatters and a dark secret haunting his conscience, in a beautiful, unforgettable novel about hope and redemption, when everything seems lost**Shortlisted for Saltire Societys Scottish Fiction Book of the Year**’Depicts Scottish working-class, small-town life with acute understanding and sensitivity, and explores a legacy of depressionand childhood trauma. Few novels this year will pack such a hefty emotional punch or such a powerful conclusion’Herald ScotlandFew do raw, authentic, almost palpably believable characters better than David F. Ross … a novel that deals with profound themes’Patrick Barclay,The Times’A heartfelt working-class novel from a Scottish author who wields his pen like a stiletto No reader will come out unscathed, but each will be richer for the experience of reading’New Books Magazine____________________Danny Garvey was a sixteen-year old footballing prodigy. Professional clubs clamoured to sign him, and a glittering future beckoned.And yet, his early promise remained unfulfilled, and Danny is back home in the tiny village of Barshaw to manage the struggling junior team he once played for. Whats more, hes hiding a secret about a tragic night, thirteen years earlier, that changed the course of several lives.Theres only one Danny Garvey, they once chanted and thats the problem.A story of irrational hopes and fevered dreams of unstoppable passion and unflinching commitment in the face of defeat Theres Only One Danny Garveyis, above all, an unforgettable tale about finding hope and redemption in the most unexpected of places.____________________A brilliant, bittersweet story that captures the rawness of strained relationships, set against the struggles of a failing lower-league football team. Rosss best novel yetStuart CosgroveA deeply compelling story about ambition, failure and interpersonal history it’s what novels should doEwan Morrison, author ofNina XIf you enjoyedShuggie Bain, you will adore this book filled with honesty and written with a tenderness that is faultless. One of the best books I’ve read in yearsAnne CaterTriumph and tragedy are inexorably woven together, with the former only offering brief respite before reality returns David F. Ross is in the Premier League of writersAlistair Braidwood,Scots Whay HaeNo words will EVER be good enough for this incredible book. Intense. Heartbreaking. PassionateMairad Hearne,Swirl & Thread’I was absolutely blown away by this unforgettable and emotional read’17 DegreesAn amazing book, giving me the same feeling I had reading James Kelman when I was youngerDouglas MacIntyre,Creeping BentA thought-provoking book with a slow-burnedginess, sprinkled with hope, loss, grief, unrequited love and moments of dark, often unexpected, laugh-out-loud humourSergio Burns,Ayrshire MagazineA story with a punch, clouded by memory and regret beautifulThe BookbagTips the balance between comedy and tragedy in a truly devastating way. I closed the cover rooted to the spot, stunned into immobility by the desperate, heart-rending power of the endingLive Many LivesA real new talent on the Scottish literary scenePress & Journal