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Beastings

Benjamin Myers

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A girl and a baby. A priest and a poacher. A savage pursuit through the landscape of a changing...

Making Nice

Matt Sumell

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Meet Alby. Natural habitat: a bar; a boat; his bedroom; a broad's bedroom. Favourite hobbies:...

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future, the World Controllers...

The Road (2009)

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America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young...

The Aviator (2004)

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Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator...

Darren Fisher (2454 KP) rated A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away in Books

Jan 2, 2021 (Updated Jan 2, 2021)

Those familiar with Brookmyer's books can expect the usual dark, witty, satirical themes. Solid characters, dark comical humour, savage satire. Good plot which reaches a worthy conclusion. My only gripe is that it tends to wander off point, a lot of back story padding. Don't let that put you off if you are a fan of the author though as there is plenty to sink your teeth into.
This is the first book in a trilogy featuring Angelique de Xavia (and my favourite of the three). The other two books are The Sacred Art of Stealing, and A Snowball in Hell respectively.