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Deadmeat
The Friends--Clarkie, a young Londoner fresh out of prison; Bones, getting rich quick as an artist on the Net; and Froggy, Bones' second-in-command.
The Ingredients--One killer tracking down paedophiles via the Net, one American detective advising the yard, one unscrupulous art dealer, one streetwise female barrister, and one dead body.
The Deal--Fresh out of prison, Clarkie finds life on London's streets has moved on. New sounds, new clubs, new drugs, and a cyber-vigilante on the loose. Then Clarkie is suspected of murder. He sets out to hunt down the true culprit, never knowing how close he is to becoming deadmeat himself...
- GenresFiction
463 pages, Paperback
Published May 15, 1997
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June 15, 2022this books got everything! cybercrime, designer drugs, rivaling brothers -- really cringe descriptions of clubs and music.
one upside to this book is a girl on the seat next to me saw the cover and commented on it and now we're following each other on insta!! gonna be bffs when i get back to seoul <3
one upside to this book is a girl on the seat next to me saw the cover and commented on it and now we're following each other on insta!! gonna be bffs when i get back to seoul <3
July 16, 2014
Not my usual genre but this was such a wonderful treat - the Author's style is so artistic - so poetic - simply beautiful to me. So much so that it did not matter to me that I sometimes lost track due to the fact of my lack of understanding of computer technology phraseology used throughout the novel.
Clarkie is released from prison where he has just served an 18 months sentence for a crime he did not commit. He suffers recurring nightmares as a result of his ordeal. Now there is a murderer on the loose called "the Cyber Vigilante" and he comes too close for comfort to the undesirable state of affairs. He has walked out of prison into another living nightmare - will he be implicated or exonerated? Will he be able to assist the Police with their investigations and even if he is able,will he want to?
London street culture is realistically depicted in this novel.
As already stated, for me the strength of this novel lies in its poetic voice.
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