Description
The perfect quirky nostalgic crime read - a tale of steam trains, giant squid, missing screenplays, missing mothers and a quest for the truth, from the inimitable Malcolm Pryce
About the Author
Malcolm Pryce was born in the UK and has spent much of his life working and travelling abroad. He has been a BMW assemblyline worker, a hotel washer-up, a deck hand on a yacht sailing the South Seas, an advertising copywriter and the world's worst aluminium salesman. He is the author of the bestselling 'Aberystwyth' novels. He lives in Oxford. @exogamist malcolmpryce.com
Reviews
An absolute riot ... Imagine a Boy's Own adventure rewritten by Joseph Conrad. A surreal, bizarrely moving delight -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
A welcome return by the author of the quirky, poignant and utterly unique Aberystwyth noir series ... It's sheer pulp and all Ripping Yarns like in the good old days of adventure writing, but led with joyful irony. Absolutely delightful * Crime Time *
A magnificently detailed, surreal, eccentric, complex and fascinating mix of history, absurdity, irony, gumshoe novel, an oddly touching love story and savage political condemnation - a pulp fiction Boy's Own adventure that mixes shades of both PG Wodehouse and Joseph Conrad into the most entertaining of Ripping Yarns ... This clever, funny and insightful one-off book is quite brilliant * Crime Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408895276
Author Malcolm Pryce
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 262g