City of Tiny Lights
Autor Patrick Neateen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 apr 2017
Meet Tommy Akhtar, Ugandan Asian cricket fan, devoted son, and not very successful private investigator with offices over his brother Gundappa's mini-cab firm in deepest West London.
He's just woken up from his hangover (combing the parting on his tongue) when his next case comes through the door. It looks like just another investigation when hooker Melody comes into his office asking him to find her co-worker, Natasha, last seen meeting new client at a bar in Shepherd's Market.
But as the search for Natasha intensifies, Tommy's world becomes increasingly sinister. He is drawn into a murder investigation, the criminal underworld, the world of fundamentalist religion and maybe even terrorist activities. Neate brilliantly explores the oddball underbelly and wierd cultural mix of London - The City of Tiny Lights - today and questions just what it really means to be British now. . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241982150
ISBN-10: 0241982154
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241982154
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Patrick Neate is the author of three previous novels: Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko, which won a Betty Trask Award, Twelve Bar Blues, which won the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, and The London Pigeon Wars. His last book was Where You're At: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet, an exploration of the global proliferation and appropriation of hip hop. He lives in London some of the time.
Recenzii
Cool, slick and funny ... a delightfully mischievous tweaking of the downbeat, hungover gumshoe. Terrific
A rollicking detective story ... keeps you guessing until the last page
A rare treat in a thriller ... A surprisingly touching book that demands at least one sequel
In getting to the heart of the tensions that run through London's streets, City of Tiny Lights reimagines the modern city afresh
A spry, ambitious thriller
Neate's books have a sparky loquacity that is funny and inventive
A rollicking detective story ... keeps you guessing until the last page
A rare treat in a thriller ... A surprisingly touching book that demands at least one sequel
In getting to the heart of the tensions that run through London's streets, City of Tiny Lights reimagines the modern city afresh
A spry, ambitious thriller
Neate's books have a sparky loquacity that is funny and inventive