The Bobby Dazzlers - Softcover

Martin, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571212298 ISBN 13: 9780571212293

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2002

Synopsis

If you were looking to hire a crack team of criminals to undertake a tricky and delicate burglary, the Bobby Dazzlers would be your worst nightmare. There's Walter Bowler, a violent bike thief looking to move on to better (or preferably worse) things. There's the dope dealer and family man, Bill. There's a cockney half wit called Dean Martin (who must nevertheless be treated with respect because of his ultra-hard cousin, Neville). And then there's the youngest of the four, a light-fingered youth with a morbid fear of trains. When they're asked to steal four strange-looking chairs from a museum in the North York Moors, something - everything - is bound to go pear-shaped.

The Bobby Dazzlers follows their stumbling progress in a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death (both accidental and pre-meditated), all set against a backdrop of beautiful Georgian architecture and some of England's finest countryside.

About this title

Review:

'A wonderful confirmation of Martin’s masterful comic style ... His warm and snappy prose makes The Bobby Dazzlers a ticklish treat, a joy to read.' -- Zulfikar Abbany, Observer

'Establishes Martin as one of the sharper satirists of his generation ... A delicious comedy of manners.' -- David Robson, Sunday Telegraph

'Genuinely funny ... A writer unafraid of ordinariness or of attempting to find pathos in even the most grotesque and unpromising lives.' -- Jason Cowley, The Times

'Tough, smart, thrilling, funny.' -- Guardian

'Truly unusual - a comic novel that actually makes you laugh.' -- Tim Lott

Book Description:

The Bobby Dazzlers by Andrew Martin is a funny, macabre thriller about jealousy, drugs, media-friendly Yorkshiremen, salmon fishing, modernist chair design and gruesome death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0571212298
• ISBN 13: 9780571212293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224