Dog Binary - Couverture souple

MacDonald, Alex

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907616284 ISBN 13 : 9781907616280

Editeur : Beautiful Books Limited, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The radio's on. The window's open. The only difference tonight, the temperature outside. Everything else, it's just the same: the paint on my hands, the alcohol in my bloodstream and Jabba, down the hallway, lying there collapsed, making more money unconscious than I have on my knees in three days. So begins Alex Macdonald's extraordinary, unforgettable novel Dog Binary. In an industry that proffers one false backdrop after another, Manny and The Cloud are on the slide. They're going downhill at the same speed and can see one another clearly - everything else is a druginduced, alcohol-inflamed blur. Amongst the big, louche, broken-down woman that's London, about her pimped, tattooed oriental prostitutes, her hired studios in which lawnmowerdriving/ ladder-climbing dogs are filmed to advertise canine tasty treats; about her botched robberies and misdirected murders, Manny's curiosity has him opening letters addressed to a previous tenant of the flat he shares with Jabba, an obese hedonist awaiting alien intervention. The letters lead Manny to commit a mercy killing which is witnessed by a sinister narcoleptic who in turn begins to hant the periphery of Manny's life like a strange, bad orbiting moon. Put Charles Dickens, Chuck Palahniuk and Ignatius Reilly into a blender. Press the button. Try not to get your clothes dirty...

''[A] modern picaresque [of] sheer vibrancy. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrific and usually a bit of both.'' - Press Association

''Peppered with startlingly original similes, it s not for the faint-hearted or prudish. This is high-octane writing, a real hurricane of a novel. I don t know what Macdonald is on, but as a novelist myself I ll have what he s having.'' Daily Mail

Biographie de l'auteur

Alex Macdonald has worked in the film business as a scenic artist/scenic painter for the last 15 years. His art is represented in the UK and America by major galleries. Dog Binary is his first novel. He lives in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beautiful Books Limited
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907616284
• ISBN 13: 9781907616280
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible