The Isle of Dogs by Daniel Davies

The Isle of Dogs by Daniel Davies

Anytown, England. Jeremy Shepherd has reached post-ambition, giving up the trappings of his London life (flash job, flash cars, even flashier girlfriends) to move back to his home town and his parents' house. By day, he is a low-level civil servant, chained to his desk and content to idle away the hours filing and answering emails. There isn't a lot to do in a small town, but the English are very resourceful and Jeremy quickly finds a hobby that delivers lots of fresh air and exercise. By night, he prowls local car parks to indulge in altogether more challenging pursuits - anonymous sex with strangers. This is no ordinary hobby - each encounter is tinged with a definite air of danger, as police stake out each site and the cloak of anonymity brings its own risks. As the scene's night-time liaisons increasingly threaten the sensibilities of the local Daily Mail readers, things take a turn for the worse. Locals take a dislike to the illicit rendezvous and as the police step up surveillance, private pursuits risk becoming very public.

A cool, dark, sexy nightdrive of a novelDaniel Davies writes with the detachment and insight of a new JG Ballard. * Toby Litt *
A crisp page-turner... a tale of sex in the surveillance society that picks up the challenge of Michel Houellebecq's novels. * Nicholas Blincoe *
Davies manages to make you see things through The Shep's eyes. As Alex in A Clockwork Orange sought meaning in violence, The Shep seeks it in public sex... when he meets his inevitable end, you feel a sharp sense of loss, which tells you something about the skill of this author -- William Leith * Guardian *
Davies writes lean prose. He keeps up the suspense while infusing his portrait of a celebrity-obsessed nation with laconic wit -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *

Daniel Davies was born in Sutton-Coldfield, near Birmingham, in 1973, to a Welsh father and a Polish-German mother. He studied English at Cambridge. His previous jobs include curator at the British Museum, sub-editor of medical journal The Lancet and the Evening Standard. He lived abroad for three years teaching English in Barcelona, Prague and San Sebastian.

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ISBN 13	9781846686597
ISBN 10	1846686598
Titel	The Isle of Dogs
Autor	Daniel Davies
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Profile Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-05-07
Seitenanzahl	192
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