Cart
Free Shipping in the UK
Proud to be B-Corp

A Snowball In Hell Christopher Brookmyre

A Snowball In Hell By Christopher Brookmyre

A Snowball In Hell by Christopher Brookmyre


£3.50
New RRP £12.99
Condition - Very Good
6 in stock
Seriessnow

Summary

He's alive. Simon Darcourt, professional assassin par excellence, only now behaving more like an amateur serial killer with attitude. And it's up to Angelique De Xavier to bring his particular brand of mayhem to a halt.

A Snowball In Hell Summary

A Snowball In Hell by Christopher Brookmyre

If society has the B-list celebrities it deserves, it now has a killer to match. Except that Simon Darcourt is a great deal more successful in his career choice than the average talent show contestant. He's also got the media taped - by the simple expedient of by-passing them completely and posting real-time coverage of his killings on the internet. He's got viewing figures to make the world's TV executives gasp in envy, and he's pulling the voyeuristic strings of every viewer by getting them to 'vote' to keep his captives alive. Angelique De Xavier, his previous nemesis, is drafted onto the police team trying to bring this one-man celebrity hate-fest to an end. But she can't do it alone, she needs the magical skills of her lover, only she doesn't know where Zal is and meanwhile a whole load of celebs are, literarly, dying to be famous. An intelligent satire, a thriller with exhilarating pace - Christopher Brookmyre at his best.

A Snowball In Hell Reviews

'Dazzling comic skills' The Times 'Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read.' Time Out 'Chris Brookmyre is a genius.' Mirror 'Brookmyre has no equal.' Maxim 'Achingly funny' Sunday Times 'Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence' Scotland on Sunday

About Christopher Brookmyre

Christopher Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full time novelist. He is the winner of the 2007 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, and his novel All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye won the 2006 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award for Comic Fiction.

Additional information

GOR001257603
9781408700624
140870062X
A Snowball In Hell by Christopher Brookmyre
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2008-08-14
400
Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2009
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - A Snowball In Hell