Summary
‘Any fictional, pissed Englishman in the tropics has to compete with the creations of Greene and Somerset Maugham. Surprisingly, impressively, Shukman stands up these comparisons, possessing a voice and a style that are entirely his own’ - Guardian
Jim Rogers once had everything: a successful career, the love of a beautiful woman, a Manhattan penthouse and more money than he knew what to do with. Now it had all gone wrong and he was in a seedy hotel in Panama realising that the prosti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099468486 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099468484 |
| Author: | Henry Shukman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2005 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Shukman’s prose is utterly seductive
Shukman emerges from the shadows of swaying palm trees and his literary forebears, and produces something both authentic and exhilaratingly his own * Sunday Times *
He’s superb, like Conrad on speed – Giles Foden * Conde Nast Traveller *
Sharp and scrupulous-[Shukman] maintains a masterly tension and control * Daily Telegraph *
Shukman’s prose is utterly seductive * Literary Review *
Pacy, pithy and full of wonderful, (often humorous) moments * Scotsman *
Spine-chilling twists and turns - Graham Greene eat your heart out * Tatler *
Darien Dogs is a bullishly confident and vivacious collection * Time Out *
Beautifully paced and pitched * Independent *
Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman has worked as a trombonist, a trawlerman and a travel writer. He is also a prize-winning poet. His first poetry collection, In Doctor No’s Garden, won the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. His first novel, Sandstorm, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2005 and won the Authors Club First Novel Award.
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