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THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH TRAINS RICHARD WHITTLE
‘Not all secrets stay buried…’ A gripping and intelligent historical thriller that will keep any fan of the genre gripped to the final page
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ining engineer John Spargo is distraught when his mother is attacked in her ransacked home and dies from her injuries. Determined to track down her killer and discover the truth behind her death, Spargo finds a connection to his late father’s wartime mine and a sunken U-Boat. The connection deepens when he discovers the diaries of the U-Boat captain and a wartime mission to spirit Göring to safety along with a fortune in stolen art. When Spargo’s daughter Jez is kidnapped, he is contacted
by a mysterious consortium – her life hangs in the balance unless he can find the stolen art. What’s the link with his father and the abandoned mine? Who was the U-Boat captain? Spargo races against time to discover the truth…and in doing so may unearth secrets that were better left buried…. “From the outset I found myself utterly transfixed, transported into a world which was not only gripping but believable, unlike so many modern suspense novels” Nietzsche’s Pet Bookblog
SOD THE *******!
PUB DATE: 20 April 2017 ISBN: 9781911331032 PRICE: £8.99 EXTENT: 600 Pages DIMENSIONS: B format paperback CATEGORY: Historical thril er BIC CODE: FH, FV, FFH REGIONS: World
STEVEN BERKOFF
Sod the *******! is the challenging, controversial and thrilling debut novel from one of the world’s greatest – and most controversial - actors and playwrights
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ohn is an actor. He is a man. A man who wants. A man who needs. A man who takes. And he takes from those who always expect him to give. To give them love, loyalty, affection – to give them his soul, his loyalty, his life. Why can’t they just let him thrive? Why can’t they understand the desires and passions that drive him? Why is he a man alone? John has crossed the line from performance to reality, from stage to street, from imagination to visceral breath – and he needs to wrest control before all is lost.
Themes that haunt the Berkoff canon are present in this startling novel, from his use of crude street patter to discussion of sex wars; class wars; dislocation and abandonment of love in a thankless and unyielding world. This is a challenging, brutally honest novel that will inspire, enrage and divide – and live on long after the final word. Sod the *******! is testament to the power of words. It will shock, amaze, inspire and horrify. This is a book for the brave – a novel to expand your mind and challenge your moral compass and beliefs.
URBANE PUBLICATIONS SPRING 2017 CATALOGUE
PUB DATE: 4 May 2017 ISBN: 9781911129219 PRICE: £8.99 EXTENT: 240 Pages DIMENSIONS: B format paperback CATEGORY: Fiction, contemp fiction BIC CODE: FA/ANB REGIONS: World
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