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'Enertaining...as long as you are not too faint-hearted' (David Mattin, The Times )
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When Billy Evans, kingpin football hooligan, decides to go semi-legit and start his own security firm he believes no one can touch him. But when he agrees to help a football club out of its financial crisis by putting its young Irish star out of action so they can claim the insurance money, his troubles are only just beginning. For the footballer has connections in Ireland who will not let this crime go unpunished. Suddenly Billy Evans realises that everything he holds dear is under threat.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
At long last there seems to be some 'real' books written by 'real' people, finding there way on to the shelves. Streetwise, working class 'bloke' authors are somehow getting passed the stuck up twats in publishers who don't seem to realise that a lot of people have no interest in the diary of some fat old boiler, or struggling through a novel where the author seems more intent in proving how clever he or she is, rather than writing an entertaining story.
This book is real lad lit. Colin Butts, Is Harry On The Boat? and Kevin Sampson, Powder, are two other authors who seem to fall within this category, and I wish there were a lot more. Unlike the two aforementioned books, Top Dog probably wouldn't appeal to the fairer sex. What it has in common though, is a feeling that it would make great viewing. All these books seem to contain little mood or scene setters, which are great for conjuring up mental images.
In Top Dog though, one of these is done to death and has made me take off one star - smoking. Was the author sponsored by B&H as well as a computer co? It became tiresome, annoying and almost laughable. More imagination and variety next time please!
On the whole the book was well researched and the best complement any book can have in my opinion, is that I looked forward to picking it up again. To make the reader care for such an obnoxious 'hero' is no mean achievement. The ending had some nice twists and didn't quite go down the Long Good Friday route I was expecting.
On the whole, this is the sort of book I'd recommend to friends who don't normally read books. If there were more Lad Lit books like this, then I reckon the book buying greater than it already is. Keep churning them out son!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Wow, what a book. A really gripping sequel to The Crew, with more twists and turns than a snake around a corkscrew. A really great author who I might have overlooked without my Kindle.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I downloaded The Crew to my kindle for free and wasn't disappointed.Because I enjoyed it so much I immediately downloaded the sequel Top Dog.Again I wasn't disappointed.However, to me it didn't feel like a sequel as there was barely a reference as to what had gone on previously.A quick mention now and and then which to a new reader not having read The Crew would have been swallowed up in the narrative.What I am trying to say is this book could be read on it's on merits - no need to buy the first.An empathy is built up as you read with Billy Evans and you begin to think he's not such a bad person really.Yes he considers himself above the law and he is a 'hard' guy,but he loves his wife and his friend Hawk so surely there is a soft side to him.Then he is involved in a despicable act and a dreadful crime and out the window goes any empathy you might have had.The ending I won't spoil you will have to read it for yourself.
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Top Dog - the dogs bollocks!
Being fairly new to Dougie Brimson's work, I purchased this book after first reading "The Crew."
Just like The Crew the book has many unexpected twists and turns. Read more
Just like The Crew the book has many unexpected twists and turns. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Peter Young
Nastily good!
Thoroughly enjoyed this book from the author of The Crew. A swerve from the normal for me and was worth the punt. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Auntiebarnes
Top Dog
Purchased this after getting The Crew as a freebie and was not disappointed . Love how the author has given us even more of an insight into the characters this time round . Read more
Published 1 month ago by Yve
dont miss out on this
wow what a sequel billy really does think he is untouchable
fantastic read with so many twist & turns keeps you on the edge
found it very hard to put down
fantastic read with so many twist & turns keeps you on the edge
found it very hard to put down
Published 1 month ago by j.dav
Gripping sequel to the Crew
Although a a sequel to 'the Crew' it is not necessary to have read it first to enjoy this book. The main protagonist, Billy Evans turns into Billy Big B*llocks as a small business... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. B. A. French
Excellent Read
Got this for my husband to read, he thoroughly enjoyed it, as he has all of Dougie Brimson's books. Great plot, well written and thought through and excellent twist at the end!
Published 2 months ago by Berry
Top Dog, Top Dollar!......loved it!
Well well well, what can I say. Got The Crew as a freebie finished it & instantly bought Top Dog...... enough said! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Olly
Not so good as the prequel
I enjoyed the first book so much that I had no hesitation in downloading the sequel. I was disappointed. I didn't think there was a good storyline to follow. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Daisy
Good sequel
Really enjoyed it. And a very good sequel to The Crew. Personally I preferred the first book, but both are great. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BenYoude
Gripping
My Husband bought me a kindle for Christmas and one of the first books I read was The Crew, soon after I read Top Dog which in my opinion was Brilliant, bring on some more.Top Dog
Published 4 months ago by Jinxter
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