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'Charlie Owen is a talent. This is the first book since Layer Cake to have an authentic voice that humorously exposes the dark and eccentric world of English street crime'
(Guy Ritchie )'Foul-mouthed, scatological, amusing and appalling in equal measure'
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'Charlie Owen is a talent. This is the first book since Layer Cake to have an authentic voice that humorously exposes the dark and eccentric world of English street crime' -- Guy Ritchie 'Foul-mouthed, scatological, amusing and appalling in equal measure' -- Guardian
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Charlie Owen has captured exactly, the slightly dark, often cynical humour that exists or at least did exist in the Police Service. This book is both hysterically funny and yet deeply moving in almost equal measure. Whilst it is set in Manchester, it could I suspect, be set in almost any urban overflow in Britain and manages to cause the reader to empathise with every character, even the baddies. I love it, and hope that he follows it up with another one very soon.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am not what you would describe as an avid reader. However, I have read this book numerous times, and laughed out loud each and every time.
Written almost entirely from a male perspective, ( I am female ) this book is gritty yet hilarious, with the language to match. The author somehow manages to describe and relate characters and the story as it unfolds, as if he were talking into your ear. The animated descriptions that instantly come to life in your head as the scenes unfold, place the reader back in the 70's with the unruly mob of police officers constantly battling for one-up manship with the local criminals. A gift of a book!
Written almost entirely from a male perspective, ( I am female ) this book is gritty yet hilarious, with the language to match. The author somehow manages to describe and relate characters and the story as it unfolds, as if he were talking into your ear. The animated descriptions that instantly come to life in your head as the scenes unfold, place the reader back in the 70's with the unruly mob of police officers constantly battling for one-up manship with the local criminals. A gift of a book!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thinly disguised, this book is about Hatfield policing at its rawest. A Splendid read.
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Paul L
I know both the author and the place. I had the pleasure of working with Charlie for a while and I can identify with the characters and indeed some of the events so brilliantly... Read more
Published 5 days ago by ploppy
Fair to middling...
"Life on Mars meets the Sweeney... only harder" says the front cover. True enough, there's a lot of suspect-beating, evidence-hiding and other nefarious behaviour in the name of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by BrassMonkey
Hilarious
One of the funniest books from Charlie Owen (and there are many more) for those ex police officers out there its a brilliant read.
Published 6 months ago by Mrs S
A great read
A great very funny read. Any serving or past police officer or anyone with an interest in law enforcement will love it! Be warned of foul laungage, violence and corruption! Read more
Published 7 months ago by ids
Excellent book
If you want a good laugh, then buy this book - and then buy the following 3 books in the series, Foxtrot Oscar, Juliet Bravo and Two Tribes. I defy anybody not to laugh out loud!! Read more
Published 9 months ago by muriel6073
A Classic
This book is a classic, gritty, funny and totally original. Obviously if you are easily offended this might not be for you but if you don't get the clue in the title, reading might... Read more
Published 16 months ago by N. Gribbon
Horses Arse
If your suffering from post christmas blues and you are fairly broadminded this book will lift your mood. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Bill Nisbet
more arse please
Very funny book about old style policing. I would say quite coarse (but what can you expect with Arse in the title) so if you don't mind that, go ahead. Sold exactly as specified. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Bluelight
A brilliant first novel.
Yes, a brilliant first first novel which admittadly, I found purely by chance, and have now read all four. The characters are interesting, complex, and bruttally funny. Read more
Published 19 months ago by DublinFats
superb book
Another really good read. Policing on the front line in the seventies. This is the first in the series and you need to read this first followed by Foxtrot Oscar, then Bravo Juliet... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Mr. R. F. Base
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