- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd; First Edition edition (6 April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0241002877
- ISBN-13: 978-0241002872
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,829,476 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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This psychological chiller features novel ways of killing people. Dennis Pike has gone straight for the last ten years. The Bishop Brothers have never been straight and drag him back into the life he had hoped to leave behind.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is Higson's best book. The hero is a sane man in an insane world, trying to hold on to the peace he has earned. The black humour isn't carried to the gruesome extreme of Higson's other work, and is much more powerful for it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This novel from Higson, is a chase about two brothers, an old friend and a unwelcome figure with murderous tenderances. This is certainly a book that you will want to read again. Higson also has written one of the best murders of a computer nerd!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fun book that is very amusuing in places, with Dennis' (the main character) problems seemingly growing all the time. The book never really gets going and once the plot is in place, fails to deliver the expected humour and ending. Full whack is too short and as such does not create the atmosphere that is necessary to give you a really good laugh, though there are some funny moments. This is an average book with enough to keep you smiling throughout but not nearly as good as other authors of the same genre such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiaasen.
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One of the better ones
I have read several of Higson's books and this one is one of the better ones. Yes it is still very dark and violent but quite amusing in parts. I enjoyed it.
Published on 10 July 2009 by M. Clark
Fun, pacey read but a bit thin
This is a gruesome and darkly comic piece which is an engaging, if at times rather stomach-churning read (maybe it's a girl thing as I noticed none of the other reviews mention the... Read more
Published on 3 July 2009 by Script Angel
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