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Dan Starkey - international man of inaction - rides again. How far can he fall this time? Ex-journalist Dan Starkey is stuck in a grimy Belfast bedsit. His life is a disaster, and his only solace is the pub round the corner (and the last can in his hand). He needs to get out more (particularly since the sessions at Relate with his wife Patricia have been cancelled and she's hooked up with new man Clive). He really, really needs something to get his teeth into. Fellow ex-journalist Mark show more Corkery provides that something. Corkery, whose secret persona is The Horse Whisperer, an internet horse-racing gossip, wants him to investigate Geordie McClean, the man behind Irish American Racing. Simple enough for a man with Dan's experience, surely? But Trouble is Dan's middle name. And trouble is what he finds. show lessTags
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I heard that Colin Bateman is one of Ian Rankin's favorite authors. This is the first Bateman book I have read. At first I was a little disconcerted by the "stand up" comedy aspect already mentioned by another reviewer, but as I persevered I came across some genuine moments of comedy and the realisation that the whole thing hangs together. I guess he is the sort of writer you either love or hate.
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Common Knowledge
- Dedication
- For Andrea and Matthew
- First words
- I was shaking hands with the vicar in the rain when the phone rang.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'No one. I think the car just fell on him.'
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