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A White Merc with Fins
James Hawes
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Description for A White Merc with Fins
Paperback. Take four ne'er-do-wells, add some plastic guns, the IRA and a white Merc with fins and you have a plan - to walk into Michael Winner's private bank and walk out with half a million pounds. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Take four ne'er-do-wells: a 28-year-old ex-public schoolboy who can't bear the idea of setting down; Suzy the Black Widow, who has a deliciously flat stomach and drives like she's breathing through the carbs; Brady the Reservoir Dogs fetishist; and Chico the fat Portuguese waiter. Add some plastic guns, the IRA and a white Merc with fins and you have a plan. What plan? The plan to walk into Michael Winner's private bank and walk out with half a million quid. Fast, clever, stylish, funny and utterly compulsive, this is a first novel with everything.
Take four ne'er-do-wells: a 28-year-old ex-public schoolboy who can't bear the idea of setting down; Suzy the Black Widow, who has a deliciously flat stomach and drives like she's breathing through the carbs; Brady the Reservoir Dogs fetishist; and Chico the fat Portuguese waiter. Add some plastic guns, the IRA and a white Merc with fins and you have a plan. What plan? The plan to walk into Michael Winner's private bank and walk out with half a million quid. Fast, clever, stylish, funny and utterly compulsive, this is a first novel with everything.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099591511
SKU
KTG0007845
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About James Hawes
James Hawes is the author of six novels, including White Powder, Green Light and Speak for England. He lives in Cardiff.
Reviews for A White Merc with Fins
Confident and sassy, brilliant
Time Out
A very comic and brilliant book... James Hawes has adapted an enjoyable narrative poise of cynical idealism, both a loving and a loathing of modern Britain... A new novelist of prodigious talent
Tobias Jones
Spectator
A White Merc With Fins is determined and surprisingly successful at transporting the aesthetic ... Read more
Time Out
A very comic and brilliant book... James Hawes has adapted an enjoyable narrative poise of cynical idealism, both a loving and a loathing of modern Britain... A new novelist of prodigious talent
Tobias Jones
Spectator
A White Merc With Fins is determined and surprisingly successful at transporting the aesthetic ... Read more