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McKenzie's Friend

McKenzie's Friend

by PhilipDavison (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.37

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Harry Fielding has had enough. He's had enough of his adopted city, and he's tired of his flat, which smells of gas and longing. Most of all though he's finished with meeting civil servants in motorway cafes at two in the morning, he's finished with MI5. But his plans for a new life are ruined when an old friend reappears, Alfie, the crooked policeman. He's in trouble, and Harry, who wants to leave everything behind, cannot abandon a mate. Besides, Alfie's wife, Ruth, all long fingers and perfect belly, is also anxious to see Harry again.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Feb 2001
ISBN 10: 0099284871
ISBN 13: 9780099284871
Book Overview: A thoroughly engaging depiction of a spy dragged back into a world of secrets and disguise.

Media Reviews
Davison shares Beckett's knack for making the down-at-the-heel appear surreal Times Literary Supplement The world of McKenzie's Friend is an unsettling place, half nightmare, half reality, funny but also terrifying. And Harry Fielding, the narrator, is a gem. World-weary and clueless, knowing and blind, he's the perfect escort through this memorable and very accomplished book -- Roddy Doyle Chilly, elegant and disconcertingly comic. Rather like a collaboration between two noteable Green(e)s - Graham and Henry- and quite safely described as original Literary Review A subtle undercurrent of humour... well-written... wierd Time Out
Author Bio
Philip Davison was born in 1957 in Dublin, where he now lives. He has written three other novels in the Harry Fielding series: The Crooked Man, The Long Suit and A Burnable Town; as well as the novels The Book-Thief's Heartbeat, Twist and Shout and The Illustrator. He has also written television drama. His play, The Invisible Mending Company, was performed on the Abbey Theatre's Peacock stage.