The brilliant satires on modern life of Alexei Sayle (the only comedian worth his salt as a novelist) are contemporary gems.
TIM LOTT, INDEPENDENT
'A deliciously barmy, yet affecting, cautionary tale... the considered, pitch-perfect prose of a talented novelist who also happens to have a wildly perverse imagination, and a store of beautifully delivered one-liners.
SCOTSMAN
A BRIGHT SHINING STAR LURCHES ABRUPTLY ACROSS THE SKY.
A STRONG, SILENT MAN WITH BLANK EYES ENTERS BAR NOCHE AZUL.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THERE'S A CONNECTION.