- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (4 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075283438X
- ISBN-13: 978-0752834382
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,096,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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On his return to England, Phil is soaked by a man in a white Transit van driving through a puddle. So when he spots the Transit in a hotel car park, he decides to rough up the driver. Frankie Bosser returns to find his dad didn't die of natural causes - he wants to find out who killed him.
About the Author
Born 1955, has worked as a bookseller at Murder One and currently at the Gamblers' Bookshop. Is a fast-rising singer-songwriter, has supported such notables as Iris DeMent, Christy Moore and Steve Forbert on UK tours
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've had three stabs at reading this title and all have had me wondering what point there is continuing past the first thirty pages. The author's style is unfortunately too drab to interest and the characters drawn in such a way that time spent in their company is both depressing and wasteful. Mentioning Elmore Leonard in the same breath is not only ludicrous but wholly inaccurate as Leonard has immense style and knows exactly what he's doing. Its unfortunate that the previous reviews led me to expect much more. My copy is now on its way to join the others on the 'used' lists.
Format:Paperback
The reason this guy got great reviews in the Literary Review and Time Out, and lovely quotes from Ian Rankin and Val McDermid on this book is because it's an unusual, extraordinary, understated crime book in a sea of over-the-top, heist-of-the-century, cliché-ridden crime novels being published everywhere and, it seems, by everybody today.
In Raine's low-key world, criminals are never rehabilitated. Crime is a a way of life you slip into, and once in, you might slip back out, but inevitably, because the line has been crossed before, you'll succumb again. Crime is easy. It's only a fraction of an inch away from regular life. It is the difference between throwing the punch and not; pocketing the money or turning it in; or deciding to rob your local post office. And crime is something that people fall into everyday in small, almost imperceptible ways, with easy, miniscule, moral slips.
This book is so deceptively simple. When the criminal Gator decides to engage in some gay, prison-out-of-prison-sex with his non-criminal male co-worker, it is only because it is a habit Gator can so easily slip back into. Prison colours everything once you've been inside. The after-sex comments are classic Raine-surreal, deadpan and ridiculous. If you only read mainstream, mass-market crime writers, you might be confused and unable to appreciate this book.
In Raine's low-key world, criminals are never rehabilitated. Crime is a a way of life you slip into, and once in, you might slip back out, but inevitably, because the line has been crossed before, you'll succumb again. Crime is easy. It's only a fraction of an inch away from regular life. It is the difference between throwing the punch and not; pocketing the money or turning it in; or deciding to rob your local post office. And crime is something that people fall into everyday in small, almost imperceptible ways, with easy, miniscule, moral slips.
This book is so deceptively simple. When the criminal Gator decides to engage in some gay, prison-out-of-prison-sex with his non-criminal male co-worker, it is only because it is a habit Gator can so easily slip back into. Prison colours everything once you've been inside. The after-sex comments are classic Raine-surreal, deadpan and ridiculous. If you only read mainstream, mass-market crime writers, you might be confused and unable to appreciate this book.
Format:Paperback
This is a classic crime fiction novel from the British author, Jerry Raine
who has been compared to George Orwell by the Literary Review. The
comparison is well-deserved as the novel provides necessary commentary on
British "suburban white trash crime". It is a difficult thing to portray
dark realism as comedy however, Raine's realism is so intricate as to
provide a canvas for the hilarious to occur.
who has been compared to George Orwell by the Literary Review. The
comparison is well-deserved as the novel provides necessary commentary on
British "suburban white trash crime". It is a difficult thing to portray
dark realism as comedy however, Raine's realism is so intricate as to
provide a canvas for the hilarious to occur.
Imagine a rookie criminal called Karl preparing for his house warming party,
"He was dressed in a white collarless shirt, black leather jeans and black
boots. He studied himself in his full-length mirror on his wardrobe door and
thought, This is as cool as a man can get."
Imagine a hardened criminal named Gator meeting a harmless guitar teacher
named Jason at the said house warming party.
"The man with the goatee reached out a massive paw and crushed him with a
vice-like grip. Jason said 'ouch!' and backed off.
'My name's Phil,' the guy said. "My friends call me Goatee, though.'
Jason started laughing.
'What's so funny?' Phil said.
'Your friends call you Goatee,' Jason said. 'That's pretty funny.'
Now the guy was looking at him seriously. 'They don't call me Goatee,' he
said. 'They call me Gator'."
This is a surprisingly funny look at suburban crime and the characters that
commit it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
In defence and defiance
Dear Sirs,
I would like to again congratulate the author Jerry Raine on another triumph. This novel is not only witty but gritty. Read more
I would like to again congratulate the author Jerry Raine on another triumph. This novel is not only witty but gritty. Read more
Published on 18 April 2006 by Ignatius Z Reilly
An English Elmore Leonard
This is the first Jerry Raine book I've read and I'll be certainly looking out for some of the others. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2001
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