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"Even the best vampires need a good smack..."
In north-east England, a monster has arisen. A vampire beast is stalking the Yorkshire moors, mutilating and destroying everything in its path. The vampire elders realise that the Firmamentum has cast its shadow on the world once more-a phenomenon which happens every few millennia, where a human and a vampire are born ultimately powerful and destined to oppose each other...
Sid Tillsley is a forty-six year old benefit-fraudster from Middlesbrough. He's an overweight alcoholic, and also sexist, homophobic and a lazy git. But one thing sets him apart from his northern brethren; he can kill vampires with a single punch.
Now, as you can imagine, killing a vampire with a big haymaker is pretty amazing. After all, they are big hard bastards who can regenerate and stuff, and if anyone could kill them, Dracula would never have lived up to his tough-guy persona. So, when Sid inadvertently kills a vampire, the whole vampire world is thrown into a state of shock. Suddenly, and very reluctantly, Sid finds himself the centre of human and vampire attention. Some want to kill him, but others believe him to be the Bellator; the one to fight the vampire beast.
That's all well and good, but Sid just wants to get pissed down the pub with his mates, and, maybe, just maybe, end his two year drought with the ladies. Besides, Sid has more important things to worry about. The benefit office are on to him, and, if they see him scrapping, they'll know that his bad back and dodgy heart are all a load of bollocks!
Forget "Twilight", "The Great Right Hope" is the vampire release for 2009!
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After such success as an ebooks since its 1st Jan 2009 release, we are happy to present the much-awaited paperback version!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sid Tillsley is a breath of fresh air--garlic notwithstanding, because as we find out in THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE, garlic doesn't work on vampires. "That's a myth," says Reece Chambers, the Van Helsing-esque vampire hunter--who is probably the only thing reminiscent to previous vampire tales in the entire novel.
After reading countless stories about anemic vampires and their inner turmoil, Mark Jackman has created a likeable, if not physically attractive anti-hero. So what if Sid Tillsley has been on the dole for 30 years while doing odd jobs for illegal cigarettes and a few quid? So what if his intense homophobia makes him scream like a girl, pass out, and empty his bladder? He's a big, friendly, bull of a bloke.
The vampires Mark Jackman has peppered throughout THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE ain't your run o' the mill, lace-wearin', virgin-obsessin', sherry-sippin' vampires. From Richmond, a vampire of African descent who lives in the modern world by owning a string of nightclubs to the Beast that hunts everything in sight on the Yorkshire Moors, Jackman's vampires come across as real, modern characters, and not caricatures. Jackman's vampires will jack you up.
THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE should come with a seat belt because it's a fast-paced story with enough twists and turns to keep you turning the page, but you gotta hold on because you will be laughing out loud at how Sid copes with this vampire menace.
Poor Sid. He has the safety of the whole world (or at least Northeast England) in his right hand, and all he really wants is to go down the pub for a pint of Bolton Bitter.
After reading countless stories about anemic vampires and their inner turmoil, Mark Jackman has created a likeable, if not physically attractive anti-hero. So what if Sid Tillsley has been on the dole for 30 years while doing odd jobs for illegal cigarettes and a few quid? So what if his intense homophobia makes him scream like a girl, pass out, and empty his bladder? He's a big, friendly, bull of a bloke.
The vampires Mark Jackman has peppered throughout THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE ain't your run o' the mill, lace-wearin', virgin-obsessin', sherry-sippin' vampires. From Richmond, a vampire of African descent who lives in the modern world by owning a string of nightclubs to the Beast that hunts everything in sight on the Yorkshire Moors, Jackman's vampires come across as real, modern characters, and not caricatures. Jackman's vampires will jack you up.
THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE should come with a seat belt because it's a fast-paced story with enough twists and turns to keep you turning the page, but you gotta hold on because you will be laughing out loud at how Sid copes with this vampire menace.
Poor Sid. He has the safety of the whole world (or at least Northeast England) in his right hand, and all he really wants is to go down the pub for a pint of Bolton Bitter.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A Vampire slaying extravaganza with a twist, and a whole host of laughs along the way to boot. A great blend of outlandishly funny, down-the-pub humour, distilled to perfection.
Jackman has brought a breath of fresh air to the genre, admittedly with a lingering smell of last nights kebab in the 'boro...
H'way the lads!
Jackman has brought a breath of fresh air to the genre, admittedly with a lingering smell of last nights kebab in the 'boro...
H'way the lads!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well, what can I say about Sid Tillsley? He is a lazy, benefit scrouging, homophobic, alcoholic who I know I should hate but for some strange bizarre reason I found him hysterical and strangely (and I mean strangely) charming, in his own unique Sid way. He is THE definition of an anti-hero, all he cares about is his drink, his pub, his mates and making sure his benefits keep coming. So while the vampire and human councils are in a panic about the monster that is stalking the Moors and killing anything with a pulse, Sid is happily sipping his pint of Bolton Bitter, smoking one of his manys tabs whiling away the hours until a couple of vampires jump him in a deserted car park. As he thumps one, he explodes into dust, the other flees and so Sid is chucked into a world he doesn't know, nor does he care about, much to the disgust of vampires, vampire hunters and humans alike.
Jackman has written the antidote for the now stagnant vampire genre that was becoming trapped by its own success. This book is packed with dark and crude humour that slaps you in the face and has absolutely no idea what subtlety means, nor does it really care. Some of the humour is a little over-the-top and not everyone will enjoy the cruder moments but none of it is out of place or mis-timed as Sid battles with his demons, vampires and the benefit office. I cannot wait to get my hands on the second installment of Sid Tillsley!
Jackman has written the antidote for the now stagnant vampire genre that was becoming trapped by its own success. This book is packed with dark and crude humour that slaps you in the face and has absolutely no idea what subtlety means, nor does it really care. Some of the humour is a little over-the-top and not everyone will enjoy the cruder moments but none of it is out of place or mis-timed as Sid battles with his demons, vampires and the benefit office. I cannot wait to get my hands on the second installment of Sid Tillsley!
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It was alright
It was great, super, smashing. A lorra lorra laughs. It made me want shout "oooh I could crush a grape"
Published 7 months ago by Victoria Storey
Funny and hard to put down
This is a fun read I smiled all the way through and found it hard to put down, Sid the best anti-hero in the world!Fantastic.
Published 11 months ago by David Burns
Fantastic!
Never written a book review before, but this ones worth it! The story flows from the deep dark, often disturbing, world of the vampires to the wonderfull, drunken, world of Sid. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Gilla
best ever
sid tillsley is my hero.
a real man in a surreal situation.
i've been to middlesboro, sid lives.
best book i have read in years.
a real man in a surreal situation.
i've been to middlesboro, sid lives.
best book i have read in years.
Published 15 months ago by mickblob
Hilarious
Without doubt one of the funniest books I've ever had the pleasure to read. I had to bite my pillow a couple of terms so I didn't wake the kids up. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Richard
The Great Right Hope - A Rollicking Good Read!
I really enjoyed this book, it's a real page turner from start to finish with laugh out loud moments aplenty and action to keep you on the edge of your seat. Read more
Published 17 months ago by PatJOwl
The things you discover on Twitter...
I encountered young Jackman on Twitter, I can't quite remember how, but liked his blend of intelligence and self-deprecation. Read more
Published 18 months ago by A. Burns
The Great Right Hope.
Where to start with this Vampire spectacular! Have read two reviews about this book and they were both very complimentary, so thought why not give it a go. Read more
Published 18 months ago by AhaBrum
Howay the lads!
Another reviewer described it best as buffy meets viz on a boro council estate. 250 pages pages of hilarious, unrelenting lads' humour - and a bit of vampire slaying action. Read more
Published 19 months ago by chumplord
The Great Right Hope (Sid and Me)
At last. He's here. The love of my life. Forget Mark D'Arcy, James Bond and Lucas North. Ladies, Sid Tillesley is the perfect man. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Wendy M
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