Chapter And Verse

  • ISBN: 9780755302444
  • Author: Colin Bateman
  • Description:
    Writer Ivan Conner is desperate. His publisher has turned down his wonderful new novel, his agent is out of ideas, and the only person to turn up at his latest reading is his mum. He's deeply jealous of the marketable Francesca Brady, a hugely successful author of fat romantic books for fat romantic people, whose expansive hair and bright red lipstick mock him from posters everywhere he goes. He's also living at home since his marriage broke up, and he's just collected the wrong child from school. But one night Connor stumbles on a route back to the top, via a beautiful model, two deranged psychopaths, a multi-million pound publishing fraud, true love and utter heartbreak! From the Publisher Written with Colin Bateman's inimitable satirical style, this book is easy to pick up, easy to read and side-splittingly funny. It has a bit of a tongue-in-cheek dig at the publishing industry and a brilliantly hilarious scene where the main character, failing writer Ivan Connor, realises that he has managed to pick up the wrong child from school.Colin’s characters are warm and partly because of his background in screen-writing, they are very entertaining indeed. You will not be disappointed by this gem of a tale. About the Author Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.

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