The Meal of Fortune by Philip Brady
Failing celebrity agent Dermot Jack thinks his luck might have turned when a mysterious Russian oligarch hires him to represent his pop star daughter. Disaffected MI5 officer Anna Preston is just as happy to be handed the chance to resurrect her own career. Little do they know that their paths are about to cross again after seventeen years as they’re thrown together in a desperate attempt to lure a notorious arms dealer into a highly unusual trap. Hard enough without having to deal with the lecherous celebrity chef trying to save his daytime TV career or the diminutive mafia enforcer who definitely has his own agenda. Then there’s the very impatient loan shark who 'just wants his money back'. And Anna’s bosses are hardly playing it straight either. But one thing’s for sure. There’ll be winners and losers when the Meal of Fortune finally stops spinning. Oh, and another thing, Anna and Dermot are absolutely not about to fall in love again. That’s never going to happen, OK?Phil was first inspired to write when he read The Lord of the Rings as a child. Back then the ambition was to create a whole fantasy world with dragons and sword fights but, as George R. R. Martin seems to have cornered that market, he now writes comedy thrillers set in the (almost) real world instead.
He is somewhat obsessed with the public and media’s fixation with celebrity, which forms the backdrop to his books. These also tend to feature spies, gangsters, hit men, failed pop stars and daytime-TV presenters.
Phil lives in London with his wife and two children. His main rule in life is to never let tomato ketchup touch any green food. He hasn’t yet worked out any deep meaning behind this and suspects it is not the soundest of principles to live by – although it’s better than quite a few he’s come across down the years. Best not to get him started on that.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781911586401 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911586408 |
| Title | The Meal of Fortune |
| Author | Philip Brady |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Unbound |
| Year published | 2017-11-14 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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