Mr Ian Mcleod (8 results)

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Angus Anderson--an aging GenXer and narcissistic real-estate agent--wants to be important. Specifically, he wants to be an important writer, but he knows very little about it. But he's bored with his life and wants to regain his youth and relevance by following in the footsteps of his favorite author, John M. Darwin. When his idol is ensnared into Angus' cocktail party and turns out to be just as disagreeable in person as in prose, Angus sets out on a meandering quest for revenge. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. John Madison Darwin is a stand-up guy. He's in his early thirties, and the ennui and apathy of his moderate-success as a government statistician has caught up with him. After a (disappointingly anticlimactic) breakup with his longtime girlfriend while writing an aimless parody of a popular poem, he decides to embark on a journey to fulfill his lifelong dream: to appear as a guest on his favorite comedy news program. In order to do this, he sets out writing the worst possible novel he can.DEAD TREE VERSION is a satirical, parodic comedy that is "an assault on pop-culture, subculture, counterculture--and good taste." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the gripping, thrilling, and utterly bizarre finale to Ian McLeod's Darwin Trilogy, we find Our Hero, John Madison Darwin, in deep trouble after the events of CURRENTLY UNTITLED. To make matters worse, his madcap entourage of minions, friends, and cohorts are each faced with their own difficulties, ranging from espionage within a publishing company, to arguing the finer points of theology, to running afoul of the Russian Mob. The story culminates in an action-packed series of unlikely and horrible events beyond the control of Our Hero, but in some way related to the publication of his now-world-famous novel, [redacted]. As he himself is helpless to stop the endless onslaught, Carrie, Natalia, Donovan, and the rest must use all their wit and cunning to stop the threats against them.only to make matters worse. In this satirical, parodic portrait of 21st century existential schizophrenia (caused, of course, by excessive exposure to media and pop-subculture), you, brave reader, will find action, thrills, misplaced romance, gratuitous violence and language, car chases, metaphysical ennui, dei-ex-machina (plural!), sociopolitical commentary, stereotyping, even fourth-wall-breaking terrors from the Id.the author even breaks the one rule to writing a good novel that most postmodernists haven't even dared to break--and does so repeatedly, just for a laugh. The only thing left out was the kitchen sink.and that was just an oversight. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…