Boiling A Frog by Christopher Brookmyre - ISBN: 9780349114132
Paperback
Corruption, conspiracies, and a jailed journalist. Boiling point Scotland.

Boiling A Frog

$27.17

  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2000

Check Delivery Options

Summary

Now in B Format (was in A Format)

In perfect Brookmyre tradition this new thriller featuring Jack Parlabane contains a lot of body fluids, the Establishment at its most corrupt, relatively few dead bodies and a formidable display of black humour.

Jack Parlabane, the investigative journalist who is not averse to breaking the law for the sake of a good story, has finally been caught on the petard of his own self-confidence and is experiencing accommodation courtesy of Her Majest…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349114132
ISBN-10:0349114137
Author:Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Edition:New edition
Release Date:1 January 2000
Weight:340g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 28mm
Series:Jack Parlabane
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Surreal, satirical, irreverent, violent and immensely funny. - THE TIMES

Hiaasen is one of America’s finest satirists. Brookmyre is Britain’s - OBSERVER

This merciless satire is so painfully accurate that the political establishment will read it and weep … Boiling a Frog hits a tender spot that for MSPs, their acolytes and, more worryingly, their spin doctors will be uncomfortably close to home - SCOTSMAN

New Labour, the Scottish Parliament, the Catholic Church, the tabloid press, spin doctors - all of them are given a thorough knifing by Brookmyre’s razor-sharp pen - MAXIM

About The Author

Christopher Brookmyre

Born in Glasgow, once resident in Edinburgh, Christopher Brookmyre no longer lives in Aberdeen.

Author Location: Glasgow

QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING, COUNTRY OF THE BLIND, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Returns

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.