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Overtaken
Alexei Sayle
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Description for Overtaken
Paperback. The highly acclaimed, literary debut novel from renowned comedian and presenter Alexei Sayle Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 163.
Kelvin is a 33-year-old property developer living in a small Lancashire town.
He has five close friends, all in well-paid jobs. Having bought their lovely houses cheaply in the early 1990s, they are free to spend money on their own pleasures - particularly clothes, meals and cars. Most of all, their life revolves around going to see things - art exhibitions, comedians, live music, plays...
When we first meet the six friends they are on their way to see a new kind of circus. Once there Kelvin does something unforgivable to a clown, has a strange snack and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340767696
SKU
V9780340767696
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99-10
About Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle is a comedian, actor, presenter and writer. His television work as a writer and performer includes The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, and The All New Alexei Sayle Show. He has written regularly for the Observer, Indepedent, Time Out, Car Magazine and Esquire and he has appeared in numerous films, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ... Read more
Reviews for Overtaken
The purpose of this book is to entertain and it does exactly that. By the last paragraph, I was wondering exactly how long I'd have to wait for Alexei Sayle's new novel.
Gary Morecambe, Daily Mirror
Compelling and believable characters...pacy and brusque
Spectator
Darkly humourous...[an] eccentric, bleak and wonderfully self-assured novel.
Daily Telegraph
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Gary Morecambe, Daily Mirror
Compelling and believable characters...pacy and brusque
Spectator
Darkly humourous...[an] eccentric, bleak and wonderfully self-assured novel.
Daily Telegraph
Like ... Read more