- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Abacus (Sep 5 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0349108110
- ISBN-13: 978-0349108117
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,862,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Piercing wit and accelerated action in finely paced style.' TIME OUT 'The missing link between Dick Emery and Bret Easton Ellis.' VOX 'Lively narration, a superabundance of action...gruesome and hilarious.' EVENING STANDARD 'Higson has the kind of ear for middle-England angst that more established writers should be jealous of.' GQ
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Dennis Pike, former wild man of Tottenham, is getting old and going straight. But when two faces from his old gang turn up, he finds himself getting involved in a new scam, and soon he is embroiled in a world he wants to escape and is forced to confront a man who is dangerously unhinged.
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Smart Brit, keen wit, take a hit, Dec 26 2002
By LGwriter "SharpWitGuy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Full Whack (Hardcover)
This is a crime novel by a British guy who's also a stand up comic and a musician. No, none of that detective stuff, but like all good modern noir fiction, crime based on the man in the street. Dennis Pike, 34 and already going gray, is called on by two of his former cronies in crime, the Bishop brothers, for a new heist--of their former gangmate who's now made it big. Dennis is not too keen on this--as they say--'cause now he's gone straight. But a mysterious disappearance of his bank account forces him to go along with the plan. The three of them do not count on Terry Nugent, resident nutjob who's about as violent as they come, gumming up the works. There's also Marti, Dennis' former girlfriend who's taken up with Patterson, another former gangmate, and Herman the German, the computer whiz. And of course the amazingly disgusting Mr. Bishop, father to the two brothers.
The slang comes fast and furious here but even for those of us Yanks who're not familiar with it, the context is there to help us out. The writing here is sharp and the story is a good one. This is a well done crime novel for those of you who like noir fiction with bite and flavor (or flavour, as they would say across the pond).
Recommended.
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