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Crossmaheart - Colin Bateman

 
Description: ISBN 0006510647 / Author: Colin Bateman / Genre: Junior Books / Originally titled Cycle of Violence, this is the super second novel by author of Smith's Fresh Talent title Divorcing Jack, set in mythical Northern Ireland town of Crossmaheart. Drunken journalist Miller is sent ... more
Crossmaheart - Colin Bateman ... as a punishment from his big-city paper in Belfast to small-town Crossmaheart, as replacement for someone who has disappeared -- presumed murdered by one terrorist organization or another. Once there, he falls in love with the disappeared man's girlfriend -- and problems aplenty ensue. Very dark, very funny, romantic and quirky -- Bateman has a uniquely brilliant voice.

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Emmald

Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman

Premium Review The Second Coming (677 words)
by Emmald - written on 10/02/09 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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The Daily Telegraph listed the northern Irish author Colin Bateman among their top 50 crime writers. Colin has written books for both adults and children alike. The main character of the `Turbulent Priests` is a guy called Dan Sharkey, who appears on more than one of his books. Dan is a fictitious Belfast journalist who is a child in the guise of a man. Dan has an interesting philosophy on life, he loves to be wicked and above all he loves a good drink, if not `needs` a good drink! This book was my first experience of Colin Batemans literary style and it wont be my last. I have to say that I came by the book courtesy of the British Heart Foundation for the princely sum ...

Emmald

Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman

Premium Review The Second Coming (677 words)
by Emmald - written on 10/02/09 (Very useful, 80 readings)
Rating:

The Daily Telegraph listed the northern Irish author Colin Bateman among their top 50 crime writers. Colin has written books for both adults and children alike. The main character of the `Turbulent Priests` is a guy called Dan Sharkey, who appears on more than one of his books. Dan is a fictitious Belfast journalist who is a child in the guise of a man. Dan has an interesting philosophy on life, he loves to be wicked and above all he loves a good drink, if not `needs` a good drink! This book was my first experience of Colin Batemans literary style and it wont be my last. I have to say that I came by the book courtesy of the British Heart Foundation for the princely sum ...

freediveheaven

Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman

Premium Review Nuns with Guns (944 words)
by freediveheaven - written on 18/06/06 (Very useful, 165 readings)
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characters, often in moments of greatest peril and some of the situations that Starkey finds himself in are very comical. The Author Born in Northern Ireland this was Colin Bateman first novel and given that he himself used to write an award winning weekly satirical column for the County Down Spectator you can see a certain similarity between him and his first character Starkey. Following the success of Divorcing Jack he has published 14 additional novels some of which feature Starkey as well as writing the screen play for Divorcing Jack however he is probably best known for Murphy Law featuring James Nesbitt. For more information on the author check out his website ...

freediveheaven

Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman

Premium Review Nuns with Guns (944 words)
by freediveheaven - written on 18/06/06 (Very useful, 165 readings)
Rating:

characters, often in moments of greatest peril and some of the situations that Starkey finds himself in are very comical. The Author Born in Northern Ireland this was Colin Bateman first novel and given that he himself used to write an award winning weekly satirical column for the County Down Spectator you can see a certain similarity between him and his first character Starkey. Following the success of Divorcing Jack he has published 14 additional novels some of which feature Starkey as well as writing the screen play for Divorcing Jack however he is probably best known for Murphy Law featuring James Nesbitt. For more information on the author check out his website ...

hugon

Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman

Premium Review She said Dvorak! (1663 words)
by hugon - written on 21/06/01 (Very useful, 83 readings)
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Divorcing Jack is the first book to introduce us to Dan Starkey, Belfast journalist and jack the lad, who has a rather dangerous habit of getting involved in sticky situations involving some of Northern Ireland’s less savoury paramilitaries. Recently I bought Shooting Sean, the latest book in the series, and enjoyed it so much that I had to go back to the start to find out what happened at the start. You might have seen the film – I haven’t, so I can’t comment on how similar or different this book is to the film. The book is more centred on Belfast and Northern Ireland than Shooting Sean, which took in Amsterdam and Cannes as well. Like I said with Shooting ...

hugon

Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman

Premium Review She said Dvorak! (1663 words)
by hugon - written on 21/06/01 (Very useful, 83 readings)
Rating:

Divorcing Jack is the first book to introduce us to Dan Starkey, Belfast journalist and jack the lad, who has a rather dangerous habit of getting involved in sticky situations involving some of Northern Ireland’s less savoury paramilitaries. Recently I bought Shooting Sean, the latest book in the series, and enjoyed it so much that I had to go back to the start to find out what happened at the start. You might have seen the film – I haven’t, so I can’t comment on how similar or different this book is to the film. The book is more centred on Belfast and Northern Ireland than Shooting Sean, which took in Amsterdam and Cannes as well. Like I said with Shooting ...

 

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