The Horse with My Name
Headline Publishing Group
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Description for The Horse with My Name
Hardcover. "Fine in dustwrapper. DW has minor wear, particularly to top edges, but remains very good. Unclipped"
Dan Starkey - international man of inaction - rides again. How far can he fall this time? Ex-journalist Dan Starkey is stuck in a grimy Belfast bedsit. His life is a disaster, and his only solace is the pub round the corner (and the last can in his hand). He needs to get out more (particularly since the sessions at Relate with his wife Patricia have been cancelled and she's hooked up with new man Clive). He really, really needs something to get his teeth into. Fellow ex-journalist Mark Corkery provides that something. Corkery, whose secret persona is The Horse ... Read more
Dan Starkey - international man of inaction - rides again. How far can he fall this time? Ex-journalist Dan Starkey is stuck in a grimy Belfast bedsit. His life is a disaster, and his only solace is the pub round the corner (and the last can in his hand). He needs to get out more (particularly since the sessions at Relate with his wife Patricia have been cancelled and she's hooked up with new man Clive). He really, really needs something to get his teeth into. Fellow ex-journalist Mark Corkery provides that something. Corkery, whose secret persona is The Horse ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755302383
SKU
KOC0027524
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Headline Publishing Group
Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.
Reviews for The Horse with My Name
'A must for Bateman and Starkey fans' Woman's Way, Dublin 22/10/02
Woman's Way, Dublin 20021022 'The skill with which Bateman draws all the disparate threads together is very impressive and his method of inserting a few twists is a delight' Irish Independent 21/9/02
Irish Independent 20020921 'Jaw-achingly funny dialogue...there is no other literary escapism so flawlessly-dubious, ... Read more
Woman's Way, Dublin 20021022 'The skill with which Bateman draws all the disparate threads together is very impressive and his method of inserting a few twists is a delight' Irish Independent 21/9/02
Irish Independent 20020921 'Jaw-achingly funny dialogue...there is no other literary escapism so flawlessly-dubious, ... Read more