One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
An unusual dual time story of two very different young men, one a modern procurer of oddities for gangsters, the other a Jewish boxer in the 1940s. Murder, mystery, mayhem and gay sex abound, oh, and some pretty nasty beetles. It is one of those books you have got to read to believe, wacky, controversial, original and very clever.
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.
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Combining love, lust, murder and lots of beetles in a thrilling novel, Ned Beauman has created a page-turning debut full of wild ideas. It is a novel that engages the mind while satisfying those that crave the thrill of a chase. There are riots and sex. There is love and murder. There is Darwinism and Fascism, nightclubs, invented languages and the dangerous bravado of youth. And there are lots of beetles. It is clever. It is distinctive. It is entertaining. We hope you are too.
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This is a novel for people with breeding. Only people with the right genes and the wrong impulses will find its marriage of bold ideas and deplorable characters irresistible. It is a novel that engages the mind while satisfying those that crave the thrill of a chase. There are riots and sex. There is love and murder. There is Darwinism and Fascism, nightclubs, invented languages and the dangerous bravado of youth. And there are lots of beetles. It is clever. It is distinctive. It is entertaining. We hope you are too. www.boxerbeetle.com
Boxer, Beetle features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Debut Books of the Month, Debuts, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Boxer, Beetle is available in Paperback, Hardback
Boxer, Beetle was written by Ned Beauman and published by Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Boxer, Beetle has 246 pages
£9.89
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