- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (8 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006514243
- ISBN-13: 978-0006514244
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Of Divorcing Jack:
‘As sharp as a pint of snake-bite… Richly paranoid and very funny’ Sunday Times
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New novel from bestselling author of Divorcing Jack and starring the inimitable hero Dan Starkey.
Dan Starkey gets caught up in the world of writing (he can handle that) terrorists (he’s been there before) and movie hype (more frightening than anything yet encountered) in a cracking adventure that takes him from Dublin to the Cannes Film Festival.
And it’s not just bullets that Dan is dodging, when a smouldering romance threatens the frequently-rocky balance of his marriage to Patricia.
This novel can be read entirely without reference to the other Starkey books, and may be Bateman’s best yet.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dan Starkey returns again and Colin Bateman makes the most impressive return to form since Ali vs Foreman. Many characters would be outstaying their welcome by now, but Bateman's master of the pithy put-down (generally self-inflicted) is always a pleasure to meet.
The usual preoccupations resurface, but the author is an increasingly deft handler of human emotions and mixes in a fair amount of genuine pathos with the whip-crack humour this time. Gone is the cack-handed dialogue of Empire State or the outlandishness of Maid of The Mist. The plot skips along at a frantic pace, as if trying to outrun a sectarian mob.
Tight and snappy, packed full with the honed and ready wit first seen in Divorcing Jack, an emotional ride as up-and-down as the Antrim Coast Road, this is a superb book to be enjoyed with summer sun.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I drink in Batemans dialog being an Ulsterman, his prose and wit flow off the page in such an easy and accessible way. I often feel that reading Bateman's books is as near to sitting in a Belfast bar and talking to the man himself as you'll ever get. Starkey is a wonderful character, the failed Ulster Drinker who stares fear in the face then runs and hides cracking the odd quip on the way. A true thriller in every sense, now lets see it made into a film.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Well my first introduction to Bateman was the Divorcing Jack film. I can almost hear all you bookie's wincing now. Well - good (actually very underrated) film - STILL dont know about the book. I have all the Starkey books - and I read this one in superquick time. Its great..its has an ending to make you cry - enough humour to make Solomon blush - and just enough references to confuse all the but the best informed non-N.I. inhabitants. The setting is covered well - I thought Of Wee Sweetie... had too many characters too soon, this is well balanced - with a few Hollywood A-listers making surprise appearances at huge expense I'm sure.
Roll on Starkey book next year...
Roll on Starkey book next year...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not back to form yet...
I became besotted with Colin Bateman after reading Divorcing Jack and Cycle Of Violence. He has the bleak world view of Christopher Brookmyre, but without the underlying... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2001
Colin Bateman delivers an above average thriller
With so many British writers knocking out 2 a penny thrillers these days it is a welcome change to find someone who can write a readable thriller that does not fall into the trap... Read more
Published on 13 May 2001
Excellent!.... Bateman (and Dan Starkey) back to his best.
After the disappointment of Turbulent Priests it's great to see Colin Bateman back on form.
The story is fast paced and there are loads of laugh out loud moments and some great... Read more
Published on 10 May 2001 by gavin.richards@virgin.net
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