The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
There is nothing unusual about the barrel-organ man who walks into private detective Louie Knight's office. Apart from the fact that he has lost his memory. And, his monkey is a former astronaut. And, he is carrying a suitcase that he is too terrified to open. And, he wants a murder investigated. The only thing unusual about the murder is that it took place a hundred years ago. And, needs solving by the following week. Louie is too smart to take on such a case, but also too broke to turn it down. Soon, he is lost in a labyrinth of intrigue and terror, tormented at every turn by a gallery of mad nuns, gangsters and waifs, and haunted by the loss of his girlfriend, Myfanwy, who has disappeared after being fed drugged raspberry ripple.
'Malcolm Pryce is the king of Welsh noir.. he dishes up a dastardly mix of gothic comedy where Edgar Allen Poe meets Phoenix Nights in a flurry of blood-stained absurdity' Sunday Telegraph 'Marvellously imaginative ... You'll weep and laugh, on the same page. Wonderful' Guardian 'Exuberant comic fantasy ... The plots entangle with spontaneous combustion, poisoned ice-creams, the cloning of Jesus, buried skulls, sexy nuns, false names and lots of gunfire' Sunday Times 'Packed with witty and original writing ... things are blacker than ever, involving fast and furious plotting with many gruesome twists ... the quality of writing is to be relished on every page' Scotland on Sunday
Malcolm Pryce was born in the UK and has lived and worked abroad since the nineties. He has held down and number of jobs including BMW assembly-line worker, hotel washer-up and aluminium salesman. He is the author of Aberystwyth Mon Amour and Last Tango in Aberystwyth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747578949 |
| ISBN 10 | 074757894X |
| Title | The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth |
| Author | Malcolm Pryce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2006-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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