Skirt And The Fiddle by Tristan Egolf
A giddying song from the sewers written with jet-propelled energy and 'a comic intensity reminiscent of Withnail and I' -- New York Times Book Review Charlie and Tinsel kill rats for a living. Their ugly job earns them a packet, but they blow it all on liquor. Charlie is a brilliant classical violinist, but he's decided to kiss the fiddle goodbye after a horrendous gig playing warm-up to the fascist thrash band, Volstagg. Now he's fetched up in Philth town where he lives in a grimy flophouse with his partner-in-crime, the anarchist Tinsel Greetz. Then Louise turns up on their doorstep. She's a beautiful filmmaker who doesn't seem to mind too much about the smell.Seizing their chance to escape Philth town once and for all, the boys go head to head for the Skirt's affections and Charlie realizes that it's high time he dusted down his violin...With Charlie and Tinsel, Skirt and the Fiddle introduces the most outrageously entertaining double-act since Laurel and Hardy.
'Egolf rudely splashes language across the page like an action painter.. [with] winning self-confidence and convincing talent.' * Time Out New York *
TRISTAN EGOLF was born in 1971. He has lived in Amsterdam, Paris, Philadelphia, New York City a converted chicken coop, and for forty-eight mind-numbing God-awful hours he lived in Mississippi (where he's wanted on an explosives charge). Skirt and the Fiddle is his second novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843542209 |
| ISBN 10 | 184354220X |
| Title | Skirt And The Fiddle |
| Author | Tristan Egolf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2004-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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