Top Of The House

Author: Andrew Towers
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Category: Fiction, General
Book Format: Paperback

Maurice is down on his luck in Deerpool. He's lost his teaching job, the electricity in his flat has been cut off and the local hoodlums mock his transvestism and upload their exploits onto YouTube. To make things worse, he and his best friend and sometime lover 'Divvy' Karen have managed to pique the ire of Karen's psychopathic and vengeful ex-boyfriend, Chunky. Desperate times call for desperate measures. When he finds out that the Pentagon Bingo Hall, mecca of the north-west, is giving away a golden monkey worth half a million pounds he plans a heist that will make their dreams of escape a gorgeous reality. But there are numerous unforeseen complications . . . Will Maurice and Karen win large, fulfil their dreams and ride into the sunset bound for Tijuana? Or will the murderous Chunky ensure that their number is finally up?

About Andrew Towers
Andrew Towers grew up and lives in Hartlepool. He studied English Literature at University College London before graduating with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2007. His short story, `Jellyfish', won the Guardian Short Story Award in 2010. He has worked as a cleaner in a Unitarian holiday hostel, a call centre helpline assistant and, currently, a bingo caller. He used to share his home with two Russian Dwarf Hamsters called Jeeves and Wooster, but they passed away in quick succession in May 2013.

(BK-9781472119186)

SKU BK-9781472119186
Barcode # 9781472119186
Brand Little, Brown Book Group
Artist / Author Andrew Towers
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 19.600m
Assembled Height 2.000m
Assembled Width 13.100m
Type Paperback

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