CITY OF TINY LIGHTS

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Patrick Neate is the author of three previous novels: Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko which won a Betty Trask Award Twelve Bar Blues which won the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and The London Pigeon Wars. His last book was Where Youre At: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet an exploration of the global proliferation and appropriation of hip hop. He lives in London some of the time.Cool slick and funny ... a delightfully mischievous tweaking of the downbeat hungover gumshoe. TerrificA rollicking detective story ... keeps you guessing until the last pageA rare treat in a thriller ... A surprisingly touching book that demands at least one sequelIn getting to the heart of the tensions that run through Londons streets City of Tiny Lights reimagines the modern city afreshA spry ambitious thrillerNeates books have a sparky loquacity that is funny and inventive***Now a film starring Riz Ahmed Billie Piper James Floyd Cush Jumbo Roshan Seth and Antonio Aakeel***Meet Tommy Akhtar Ugandan Asian cricket fan devoted son and not very successful private investigator with offices over his brother Gundappas minicab firm in deepest West London.Hes just woken up from his hangover (combing the parting on his tongue) when his next case comes through the door. It looks like just another investigation when hooker Melody comes into his office asking him to find her coworker Natasha last seen meeting new client at a bar in Shepherds Market.But as the search for Natasha intensifies Tommys world becomes increasingly sinister. He is drawn into a murder investigation the criminal underworld the world of fundamentalist religion and maybe even terrorist activities. Neate brilliantly explores the oddball underbelly and wierd cultural mix of London The City of Tiny Lights today and questions just what it really means to be British now. . .GB

Data Publikacji: 2006-06-29
Wymiary: 198 mm 129 mm 35 mm 500 gr