Short Ride on a Fast Machine

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2017
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Short Ride on A Fast Machine is a quirky and engaging caper, the story of a young cycle courier from London who goes on an improbable journey to Norway, to pick up a stuffed owl for a mysterious client. For his oddest job to date, Sam enlists the help of his friend and fellow courier Poyntz. But as they make their haphazard journey to Mr Sorensen's mountain hut, its owner is attracting the attention of the Norwegian police. Have Sam and Poyntz become unlikely accomplices in one of the biggest crimes in the country's history?

Synopsis

Short Ride on A Fast Machine is a quirky and engaging caper, the story of a young cycle courier from London who goes on an improbable journey to Norway, to pick up a stuffed owl for a mysterious client. For his oddest job to date, Sam enlists the help of his friend and fellow courier Poyntz. But as they make their haphazard journey to Mr Sorensen's mountain hut, its owner is attracting the attention of the Norwegian police. Have Sam and Poyntz become unlikely accomplices in one of the biggest crimes in the country's history?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Published: 15 Jun 2017
ISBN 10: 1910985686
ISBN 13: 9781910985687
Book Overview: Full UK marketing campaign by the Sandstone Press in-house team.

Media Reviews

'A freewheeling, off road, crazy rollercoaster of an adventure, funny and heartbreaking by turns. This has the making of a cult novel.'-Esther Freud;'McGrandle has pulled off the seemingly impossible task of weaving a contemporary, hip fiction out of the fusty old love of the bike.'-Ned Boulting

Author Bio

Magnus McGrandle studied English at Durham and Latin American Politics at London University, and has worked as a journalist ever since. He began his career at Channel Four and was an investigations producer for Channel Four News, a freelance reporter in Venezuela and worked at Sky News before joining the BBC. He is currently a senior producer / programme editor for the BBC Six & Ten o'clock News.