Thoroughly recommended.
Just the book for when you're on the beach or by the pool when, let's face it, we all fantasize about what we'd do with a huge lottery win! Bill Dare, author and playwright, is probably best known for his work on radio and television comedy programmes, most notably 'Dead Ringers' and 'Spitting Image'. 'The Billion Pound Lie' does not disappoint...it's funny and nail-biting from beginning to end. The characters grow and change before your eyes, as they choose or are forced into deception after deception, all bar the main protagonist, Leo, who charms, or sleepwalks, his way through the farce without one word of a lie. This book is immensly pleasurable reading, the plot twisting all the time so the reader's attention is held throughout. It's a great read to kick off the summer whilst, at the same time, being a damning indictment of the media circus, chasing after straws to clutch, in their efforts to find out who has won the billion pound prize, with little concern for the truth or who may get hurt in the process. Thoroughly recommended.
I loved this book and it makes you think about the consequences of winning such a large amount, give it a read you will not be disappointed.
The Billion pound lotto has just been won and whilst no one knows who the winner is they do know which shop it was bought from. Leo buys his tickets at the same shop and speculation was rife who it was that won and somehow everyone thinks it is Leo! Vince is Leo's friend who urges him to go along with the speculation without saying he had won or not. Leo is homeless and drunk and he decides to see if he can get enough money to find somewhere to live, the lie starts running away with him and as he finds himself getting deeper and deeper he has no idea how it will all end. I loved this book and it makes you think about the consequences of winning such a large amount, give it a read you will not be disappointed.