Chosen for the Richard and Judy Summer Read 2009
A superbly gripping and blackly funny mystery by the king of the crime caper.
Praise for MYSTERY MAN:
‘Grown-up stuff, told in a joyfully childish way’ Mirror
‘An inspired satire on crime fiction’s genre clichés…Seductive’ Telegraph
Praise for Bateman:
‘Sometimes brutal, often blackly humorous and always terrific' Peter Gutteridge, Observer
‘Bateman writes with sympathy and humour' Telegraph
‘Comic thrillers that are actually comic and thrilling’ ‘50 Crime Writers to Read Before You Die’ Daily Telegraph
'He delivers an extraordinary mix of plots and characters begging to be described as colourful, zany, absurd and surreal' The Times
‘Real humour in abundance. A riot of colour and absurdity, where even the bad guys are strangely loveable and in one way or another everyone ultimately gets what they want, if not what they deserve’ Henry Sutton, Mirror
'Bateman himself is quickly growing into a legend so pick up a piece of him now' Daily Sport
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