{"product_id":"a-big-boy-did-it-and-ran-away-angelique-de-xavier-9780349116846","title":"A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away Angelique De Xavier","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the Angelique De Xavier series, from multi-award-winning author Chris Brookmyre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe all make life choices. Some cause more mayhem than others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they''d do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they''re having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up, but everybody has to find their own way of coping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some it''s affairs, for others it''s the bottle, and for Simon it''s serial murder, mass slaughter and professional assassination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR CHRIS BROOKMYRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In the pantheon of great crime writers''\u003cbr\u003eElly Griffiths  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Keeps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel has \u003cb\u003eplenty of verve and dash\u003c\/b\u003e, with Brookmyre more in your face than a smack from an outraged lover whose bottom you've pinched * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eBrookmyre offers \u003cb\u003ea brilliantly scathing portrayal of humanity\u003c\/b\u003e... Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eHilarious, \u003cb\u003eexhilarating \u003c\/b\u003eentertainment * Glasgow Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe really can write\u003c\/b\u003e, with an exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA bit like a literary computer game, this novel has plenty of verve and dash, with Brookmyre more in your face than a smack from an outraged lover whose bottom you've pinched. * IRISH TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eBrookmyre offers a brilliantly scathing portrayal of humanity... Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read. * TIME OUT *\u003cbr\u003eHilarous, exhilerating entertainment. * GLASGOW HERALD *\u003cbr\u003eHe really can write, with an exhilerating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence. * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733648421207,"sku":"9780349116846","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349116846.jpg?v=1720001016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-big-boy-did-it-and-ran-away-angelique-de-xavier-9780349116846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}