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Jimmy and his crew live comfortably on ill-gotten gains, but the time has come for them to seek anonymity in Spain. Before they go, Jimy must pull off one last scam. Jimmy sings his dirty story like an angel, and why wouldn't he? He is mute.
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‘A well-paced, ambitious crime novel, handled with sensitivity’ -- Independent
‘Ambitious and, in terms of British crime writing, original. It escapes the leaden plotting and ingratiating rhetoric of much hard-case literature’ -- The Times Literary Supplement
‘Amid the devilish plot twists Creer makes room to flesh out his principals most satisfyingly, and establish a page-blurring pace' -- Chris Power, The Times
‘Creer’s novel is rumbustiously entertaining' -- Ross Gilfillan, Daily Mail
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A modern-day Oliver Twist; and a new kind of crime novel.
Jimmy's turf is a stretch of coast in North-East England where he and his ramshackle crew live comfortably on ill-gotten gains. But the time has come for them to leave these shores and seek anonymity in Spain; only before they can do this, Jimmy must pull off one last scam.
A good man who has to do bad things, Jimmy sings his dirty story like an angel. And why wouldn't he? He's mute.
A rising star in British fiction, in BIG SKY Gareth Creer doffs his cap to James Ellroy, infusing his brutal vision with a Dickensian love for his characters. Combining a thrilling action plot with lyrical prose, this is Creer's most outstanding novel yet.
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'An edge-of-your-seat read. It gathers pace and twists suspense to an excruciating pitch as failed love drifts into urban nightmare.' LESLEY GLAISTER
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0385602308
- ISBN 13 9780385602303
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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