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by Debi Alper (Author) "THE SILENCE WAS thick as suet ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (1 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753817624
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753817629
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 967,920 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Imagine you have a job interview and you last saw the person interviewing you clad in full leather gear, pierced, studded, masked and tattooed. This is what happens to Jen when she applies to become a BBC researcher and comes face to face with Stanley Highshore, top-ranking BBC executive and spouse of a Tory MP, also know as 'Stapled Stan'. But now Stan is beset by problems. The production suite has fallen foul of a bunch of eco-warriors and his secret sex life might not be secret for much longer. Stan enlists Jen as his private investigator/protector. It soon becomes clear that the local aquatic shop, Koi Korner, is a front for much a darker business. Comic, fast-paced, edgy and peopled with a fantastic cast of weirdos and misfits, NIRVANA BITES is a brilliant debut from a daring new talent.


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Debi Alper lives in South London. This is her first novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark deeds in Peckham, 17 Jun 2003
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This review is from: Nirvana Bites (Paperback)
"Nirvana Bites" is a thoroughly good read. Set in 'Nirvana' a Housing Co-op in South London, it is the story of Jenny and her friends' struggle against some of the dark forces which beset 21st century life. Well written, fast paced,bursting with humour, energy, compassion and rage it is both a nail biting thriller and a dark comic satire on aspects of modern society which some might prefer not to know about. I read this book in two sittings, engrossed, unable to stop turning the pages, by turns delighted, horror struck, convulsed by the humour, and moved. I was startled into a belly laugh in the first chapter, smiled often as I read, gasped equally often, felt my skin crawl with horror towards the end and ended the book with tears prickling behind my eyes. You can't ask for more than that.
The blurb rells me that this is Debi Alper's first book. I can't wait for her second.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nirvana bites and won't let go, 23 Nov 2007
By Minx (Cornwall, England) - See all my reviews
Gritty, contemporary writing that hooks the reader in from the startling opening chapter. A superb nibble at London life. Alper takes us through the story of Jen, when she sets out with her colourful friends, to help the unfortunately named and unfortunately decorated, Stapled Stan. I will never look at a piece of office equipment in the same way.

Couldn't put it down, but very cleverly she has written a second - Trading Tatiana.

Nirvana Bites from start to finish! Read it.
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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wake Up, 10 Oct 2003
By Emma (London) - See all my reviews
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The novel is narrated by Jen, toughie sleuth from Nirvana housing co-op, on the trail of a bunch of nasties. Cinematically visualised, with its in yer face dialogue and Scooby-doo pace, it is set firmly in a Lenny Bruce/Marx Brothers tradition, and superficially it is brazen wit that draws the reader onwards and upwards into a thickening plot. The true basis of this book, though, is not cheap laughs but a story of profound humanity. A passionately felt manifesto against ignorance and prejudice.
Realise,then, how fuzzy we have all become in our dotage. It's a wake up call to anyone in their 40's in South London (or anywhere else) who gets a sense of deja-vu from this novel but would rather have a lie in. Read the book and make the film.
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