PUBLISHERS OF LITERARY FICTION SINCE 1983
Entertaining and very nasty, this calculatedly intellectual comedy succeeds well as an unheroic quest starring Philippe, an interesting monster of disarming modesty.
Robert Irwin's third novel confirms that, whatever his other main concerns may be, he has thoroughly mastered the art of telling a story. In a plot which snakes and twists, the reader cannot let his concentration drop for a moment... At times the death-defying narrow escapes are firmly in the tradition of James Bond... as well as being a rattling good yarn, this is a study of moral bankruptcy of those who pursue abstractions through violence..very successful.
It is a gruesome black comedy, whose blackness is so intense as to be almost unreadable – if it weren’t so well written.
What separates Irwin's story from the usual spy thrillers is not only his wit and satire but also his verbal pyrotechnics.
RRP: £6.99
No. of pages: 203
ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 873982 60 0
Ebook
978 1 909232 27 3
Rights:
World
Rights sold: US (Viking/Penguin),
France (Phebus),
Germany (Rutten & Loening),
Russia (Symposium then Ripol)