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Praise for Colin Bateman:
‘Hysterically funny one-liners and sinister Kafkaesque developments’
Daily Mail
‘If Roddy Doyle was as good as people say, he would probably write novels like this’
Arena
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The title, the terrorist and the punch-drunk pugilist.
Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become champion of Ireland. His devious manager succeeds in setting up a gigantic payday (largely for himself, admittedly) - a St Patrick's Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson - and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write a book on it. Starkey's as yet unsuccessful efforts to persuade wife Patricia to give their marriage another try are put on hold, and he boards a plane to the Big Apple with McMaster and his deeply suspect entourage. Once there McMaster's wife is kidnapped, almost every interest group is outraged, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen of varying allegiance, Starkey's marriage is saved - and there's the Big Fight to consider too...
Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become champion of Ireland. His devious manager succeeds in setting up a gigantic payday (largely for himself, admittedly) - a St Patrick's Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson - and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write a book on it. Starkey's as yet unsuccessful efforts to persuade wife Patricia to give their marriage another try are put on hold, and he boards a plane to the Big Apple with McMaster and his deeply suspect entourage. Once there McMaster's wife is kidnapped, almost every interest group is outraged, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen of varying allegiance, Starkey's marriage is saved - and there's the Big Fight to consider too...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read 4 other Colin Bateman books I found this book to be rather hard to get into initially. Bateman moves away from his usual Irish setting for the most part of this book with the events taking place mainly in New York. Yet again Dan Starkey finds himself over his head with Murder, deceit and in this case boxing. Whilst I did find it hard to get into, I would still recommend this book as its another exciting chapter in the life of poor old Dan.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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In the second of Colin Bateman's novels to feature wise cracking drunken journalist Dan Starkey, Starkey receives an offer to accompany the entourage of Belfast boxer Bobby "Fat Boy" McMaster as press officer to New York for a St Patrick's Day showdown with Mike Tyson. With the disconcerting knowledge that his estranged wife Patricia is pregnant (and not to him), he accepts and is thrust headlong into another hilarious, violence peppered Starkey adventure. To begin with, black Muslim militants miscontrue some of the Fat Boy's comments and issue a fatwah on him, and then the Fat Boy's wife, Mary, mysteriously dissapears. Starkey sets about planning to rescue her, although the task is made onerous by the fact that his partner, the entourage's security officer Stanley Matchitt, is a notorious Loyalist killer. Like Divorcing Jack, there's plenty of violence so it's not a book for the faint of heart, however the violence is leavened by some good belly laughs at Starkey's chronic cynicisms and acidically witty observations. I am just about to begin reading the third Starkey novel ("Turbulent Priests"), I am confident it will be as good as "Divorcing Jack" and "Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men".
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Dan Starkey, ex-journalist, book writer, marriage wrecker, and international man of disaster extraordinaire is back! This is the second novel of Colin Bateman's involving the adventures of hapless and constantly helpless Dan Starkey. This time round Starkey is commissioned to write a biography on Northern Ireland's answer to Mike Tyson! Bobby "Fat Boy" McMasters is the best thing in Europe, (or so his manager, Geordie McClean, small time gangster, would have you believe.) Unfortunately, Starkey isn't convinced and is sure to drop the occasional hint in his typically subtle style - like a lead brick in a swimming pool!! Starkey becomes even more unconvinced when he finds out that McMasters is going after the World Heavyweight title against none other than Tyson himself! Starkey tags along with the McMasters entourage to New York where the fight is to be staged on St Patrick's Day. It isn't long before things begin to go haywire. Starkey, a self confessed coward tries desperately to avoid trouble, but as usual is always found at the centre of it!!
This is another superb effort from Bateman who has managed to keep the pace of this story fast and furious. The usual twists are added to the tale, so just when you think every thing's easy to work out you find that he has led you up a blind alley. Bateman has an uncanny talent of taking you to the edge of suspense just like the cliffhangers from the old black & white "Flash Gordon" episodes. However, unlike in the following episode of Flash Gordon, there is no happen ending or miraculous rescue and Bateman pushes you over the edge. However, just as you are free falling he snatches you back and the tale takes off at its usual breakneck speed. Then to top it all he throws in the black humour that has you laughing out loud at the most awful of situations...
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Very entertaining but...........
The book itself is very entertaining and very funny as are most of Bateman's books though unfortunately about 50 of the pages fell out of the book when I was just beyond the half... Read more
Published 1 month ago by aitch
Confusingly re-issued
I saw a copy of this today and thought I'd seen a new Bateman. Borrowed it from my local library. The edition was Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men, first published this year (2012) in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. P. Walton
Of Wee Sweetie Men and Mice
Dreadful - this has to be one of the slowest and most boring books I've read, or attempted to read, in at least 20 years. Read more
Published 22 months ago by MiniModeller
Good - but no Divorcing Jack
In the last couple of years I have returned to Colin Bateman, having loved Divorcing Jackand Cycle of Violencein my teenage years. Read more
Published on 28 April 2010 by Matt
Excellent reading
Funny and thoughtfull at the same time. Plot is absolutely impredictable.
I bought it in a used books shop for some 50p and when i opened it from the very start i just sank in... Read more
I bought it in a used books shop for some 50p and when i opened it from the very start i just sank in... Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by D. Gorelik
Best Bateman novel ever
Easily his best book to date. While the other Dan Starkey novels are excellent, this is the one that started it all for me. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by "lossie_glensftb"
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