Alligator Strip

Alligator Strip

by Chris Haslam (Author)

Synopsis

At the end of TWELVE STEP FANDANGO, Martin Brock, the book's hilarious anti-hero, escaped by jumping on a ship bound for Africa. Now in Morocco, we join him as he runs at full pelt through the streets of Marrakesh being pursued by an angry restaurateur. Saved by a rather camp ex-military American who thinks he can put Martin's talents for canny deception and extravagant bullshitting to good use, Martin accepts a job in Florida. There the two of them set to work on a brilliant scam that could see them sharing millions of dollars of gold coins. Their plan cannot possiby fail, unless of course the foils of love, snakes, a murderous ex-husband and the American's peculiar past get in the way ...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 06 Jul 2006

ISBN 10: 0349116172
ISBN 13: 9780349116174
Book Overview: * London Underground 4-sheet poster campaign * Cross-promotional activity with IPC magazines * Author PR activity to include media interviews * Review and feature coverage anticipated across the national press and men's magazines * Serialisation * Submitted for trade promotions * Bound proofs

Media Reviews
A full-on hurricane of a novel INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Some really terrific writing which hits you when you least expect it. Funny, fruity, boisterous, and bruisingly unpredictable LITERARY REVIEW Buy It: Haslam is the nearest thing Britain has to Carl Hiaasen DAILY MIRROR Chris Haslam has, by the bucketful, that rare talent of being able to combine seriously funny stuff with a truly engrossing thriller GUARDIAN
Author Bio
Chris Haslam lived in southern Spain for a couple of years. He now lives and works in London.