Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle by Paul Mcdonald
The will-sapping tedium of life as a Walsall Reflector hack has given Dave "Ichabod" McVane a serious thirst for the devil's juice. Now, after years of debauchery, the booze has bitten back: what feels like a rhinoceros is buffeting its way through his stomach. He wakes cathetered and bed-bound among deranged "regulars" in a hospital with a terrifyingly high mortality rate. And if that wasn't bad enough, a figure from a past he'd rather forget revisits . . . to leave Dave reeling, raddled with paranoia and facing a scalpel-happy surgeon. Perhaps it's time to reflect on how he got in such a state. Was it the Walsall Academy of New Knowledge or the sideline in "specialist" leatherwork? Or was it having a Smiths fan called Ringo for a best friend, and hookers for next-door-neighbours? Is closing time being called once and for all, or will the pall of his disillusionment suddenly lift?
Born in Walsall in 1961, Paul McDonald left school at 16 to train as a saddlemaker. In 1986 he began full-time study, completed his PhD in 1993 and now lectures in English and American Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. Paul's debut Surviving Sting (Tindal Street Press, 2001) was heralded as "a voice from the Black Country as authentic as baltis and Banks's bitter" (Time Out) and "a wholly unpretentious, humorous and easy read" ( Times). Paul remains in Walsall where, to his horror, he's developing a taste for chunky jewellery and combat dogs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780954130374 |
| ISBN 10 | 0954130375 |
| Title | Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle |
| Author | Paul Mcdonald |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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