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Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase in this refreshing, surreal and gloriously funny novel.

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As though David Lynch has been let loose on the set of a drawing-room comedy. * * The Times * *
A compelling tour de force. The maniac energy of Kerouac pulses throughout the prose. Extraordinary. * * Scotsman * *
More Groundhog Day than Grand Tour, this is existential travel angst at its best. * * Guardian * *
One of the country's finest writers * * GQ * *
Outstanding. Not unlike finding yourself in a hall of mirrors. Meek has a gift for the surreal. * * The Times * *

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 21 August 2008
      ISBN-13 9781847670298
      978-1847670298
      ISBN-10 1847670296

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase in this refreshing, surreal and gloriously funny novel.

      Trade Review
      As though David Lynch has been let loose on the set of a drawing-room comedy. * * The Times * *
      A compelling tour de force. The maniac energy of Kerouac pulses throughout the prose. Extraordinary. * * Scotsman * *
      More Groundhog Day than Grand Tour, this is existential travel angst at its best. * * Guardian * *
      One of the country's finest writers * * GQ * *
      Outstanding. Not unlike finding yourself in a hall of mirrors. Meek has a gift for the surreal. * * The Times * *

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