Toploader by Ed O'loughlin
Flora is a plucky teenage girl. Cobra is a double agent. Flint Driscoll is a reporter. Captain Smith is a military man. Moon is a bored drone pilot. Daddy Jesus is an inflictor of pain. All they have in common is a very stupid war.
'darkly enjoyable war-com romp.. one absurdist delight follows another in rapid succession' Guardian. * Guardian *
'O'Loughlin's aims are worthy, his targets apt, and his descriptions of a war zone evocative' Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
'Hilarious stuff - very Dr Strangelove' Irish Times. * Irish Times *
'Cynical, funny, harrowing and revelatory' Sunday Business Post. * Sunday Business Post *
'Ingenious ... Wonderfully rich' Sunday Telegraph. * Sunday Telegraph *
'Ex-war reporter O'Loughlin's darkly comic thriller highlighting the hypocrisy and absurdities of the 'war against terror' is set in a dystopian future that feels all too familiar' Seven magazine. * Seven magazine *
'O'Loughlin's aims are worthy, his targets apt, and his descriptions of a war zone evocative' Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
'Hilarious stuff - very Dr Strangelove' Irish Times. * Irish Times *
'Cynical, funny, harrowing and revelatory' Sunday Business Post. * Sunday Business Post *
'Ingenious ... Wonderfully rich' Sunday Telegraph. * Sunday Telegraph *
'Ex-war reporter O'Loughlin's darkly comic thriller highlighting the hypocrisy and absurdities of the 'war against terror' is set in a dystopian future that feels all too familiar' Seven magazine. * Seven magazine *
ED O'LOUGHLIN is an Irish-Canadian author and journalist. He is the author of three previous novels, including the Booker Prize-longlisted Not Untrue and Not Unkind, the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Minds of Winter, and the critically acclaimed Toploader. As a journalist, he reported from Africa for several newspapers, including the Irish Times and the Independent of London. He was later the Middle East correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne. Born in Toronto and raised in Ireland, he now lives in Dublin with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857388339 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857388339 |
| Title | Toploader |
| Author | Ed O'loughlin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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