Jammy Dodger - Softcover

Smith, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908737085 ISBN 13: 9781908737083

Publisher: Sandstone Press, 2013

Synopsis

Life is sweet for would-be bohemian Artie Conville. Safe at the helm of his subsidised magazine-with a cosy office paid for by the tax-payer-he's content to drift along quoting poetry, lingering over long lunches and flirting with the lovely Rosie McCann. The main thing is to keep the real world-of nine-to-five jobs, mortgages and political violence-at bay. So when his cushy number is threatened, Artie hatches a cunning plan to keep the funds coming in. But events quickly spiral out of control and before long he is up to his ears in a bizarre fraud. Can he avert disaster? Will he get the girl? With a cast of characters that includes a gun-toting playwright, a jealous police chief, a drunken actor and a giant white rabbit, this is a rich and riotous tale about coming-of-age in 1980s Belfast; a novel that is by turns darkly ironic and laugh-out-loud funny. "Smith is a good writer, with a funny sensibility."-Publishers Weekly

About this title

About the Author:

Kevin Smith is from County Down in Northern Ireland. A former journalist, he has worked in newspapers, radio, and newswires, and was for a number of years a foreign correspondent in Eastern Europe. He lives in Dublin with his family.

Review:

'Terrific - very funny, acutely sharp.' --Simon Hoggart, The Guardian

Smith is a good writer, with a funny sensibility. --Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Sandstone Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908737085
• ISBN 13: 9781908737083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280