Confidence

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Paperback
2007
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Kerenza Penhaligan is a struggling actress: once feted as a future star she is now reduced to taking embarrassing bit parts in TV dramas and standing in for other, more successful actors at read-throughs. Wondering where her career has gone, unable to pay her rent, and with her self-confidence flagging, she struggles to keep sight of the boundary between right and wrong. When she steps in to break up a violent confrontation in a bar, Kerenza finds herself caught up in a twilight world of conmen and cheats, of dubious moral choices, and temptingly high rewards. She meets the enigmatic Evan, who offers her a different avenue for her skills - in which her acting talent ends up proving far more useful off the stage than on it. Kerenza soon learns, however, that there's no such thing as a victimless con?

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Kerenza Penhaligan is a struggling actress: once feted as a future star she is now reduced to taking embarrassing bit parts in TV dramas and standing in for other, more successful actors at read-throughs. Wondering where her career has gone, unable to pay her rent, and with her self-confidence flagging, she struggles to keep sight of the boundary between right and wrong. When she steps in to break up a violent confrontation in a bar, Kerenza finds herself caught up in a twilight world of conmen and cheats, of dubious moral choices, and temptingly high rewards. She meets the enigmatic Evan, who offers her a different avenue for her skills - in which her acting talent ends up proving far more useful off the stage than on it. Kerenza soon learns, however, that there's no such thing as a victimless con?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 16 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0753821621
ISBN 13: 9780753821626
Book Overview: 'The Mermaid and the Drunks' was picked for Richard and Judy's Summer Reads in 2004 Its huge success has enhanced Ben's already strong reputation Ben has taken a couple of years off from novel writing to devote himself to scriptwriting for 'Spooks' and 'No Angels' In this new novel he combines the writing that has previously brought him stellar reviews with the skills he has learned as a TV writer: namely cracking dialogue, pacy drama and fantastic plotting The success of 'Hustle' and 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Twelve' shows that people are always intrigued by a good con: and this novel is full of them 'It's as amusing and incisive as you'd expect from Ben Richards. Always an intelligent and competent writer' Guardian 'Stylish, well-paced and up to the minute' Independent 'A snappy read with an exhilaratingly dramatic ending' Time Out

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Author Bio

Ben Richards was born in 1964 and has previously worked as a Housing Officer in London and as a University Lecturer (Birmingham University). He is a scriptwriter for 'Spooks' and 'No Angels' and he lives in North London.