Summary
Deep in the jungle, a reality TV star stumbles across a miniature civilisation of plane crash survivors preserving a pocket of 1950s England within the wilderness. A rollicking satire about the old, the new and the English.
Brian Marley, a divorced Englishman, is alone in the vilest jungle on earth, about to die live on television. A contestant on Brit Pluck, Green Hell, Two Million, the ultimate reality TV show, Marley has managed to outlive his rivals and win enough money to change …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099470175 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099470179 |
| Author: | James Hawes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Amusing and intelligent throughout…The tone of the narrative is pitch-perfect
Amusing and intelligent throughout…The tone of the narrative is pitch-perfect * Observer *
A comic novelist of considerable stature…An assured, clever, raffishly inventive work * Guardian *
Deliciously entertaining * Independent on Sunday *
The writing is so sharp and waspish that comparisons with Evelyn Waugh are not misplaced * Sunday Telegraph *
Consistently inventive and entertaining * Daily Mail *
A novelist of prodigious talent * Spectator *
About The Author
James Hawes
James Hawes is the author of six novels, including White Powder, Green Light and My Little Armalite. He lives in Cardiff.
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