Darien Dogs by Henry Shukman
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. Though it wasn't the money he was worried about but a sheet of folded paper, which he'd just been given by the mysterious Albert Jones: a piece of paper that might have saved his life.
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 *
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 *
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780099468486 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099468484 |
| Title | Darien Dogs |
| Author | Henry Shukman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2005-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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