Surviving Sting by Paul Mcdonald
'Ace Face' wannabe Dave 'Mac' McVane think he's got it made. At the Friday night disco luscious Joolz, the most shaggable girl in Walsall, invites him to her home on the notorious Jerome K. Jerome estate. But will the woman of his dreams and a 'real' saddlemaker's job in the Happy Stallion make Mac the man he wants to be? Take a cast list that includes demented Billy-Bob and his twizzler parents, sociopathic Tezza, a boy named Sue, and Brainy Kev, red-wine drinker and swot. Add a pet scorpion and an overdressed Yorkshire terrier to this Black Country brew, vintage 1979, and a pacy comic nightmare takes over. A crazy week of sex, violence and betrayal gives a hilarious new twist of realism to this intelligent evocation of growing up fast in 'the ugliest town in the country'. Oh, and someone gets a duffel-coat toggle rammed up his nose.
Paul McDonald was born in Walsall. He left school at sixteen and worked for nearly ten years as a saddlemaker before going to Birmingham Polytechnic. He now teaches English and American Studies at Wolverhampton University. He still lives in Walsall, from where he travels widely in a so far unsuccessful search to find a place that makes his home town look good. Surviving Sting is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780953589548 |
| ISBN 10 | 0953589544 |
| Title | Surviving Sting |
| Author | Paul Mcdonald |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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