by Christopher Brookmyre · Time Warner Books Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114132
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«Boiling a Frog» is the suspense and political satire novel by Christopher Brookmyre, published by Time Warner Books Uk in paperback (416 pages).
Jack Parlabane, a journalist who doesn't hesitate to break the law for a good story, ends up behind bars due to his overconfidence. Caught up in the first scandal of the Scottish parliament, he discovers that his contacts and his gift of the gab are useless among the prisoners he helped put away. Political satire and suspense thriller.
Third installment in the Jack Parlabane series, originally published in 2000 and set in Scotland.
For readers of thrillers and crime fiction with a taste for political satire and humor.
Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish novelist whose novels, generally in a crime or police procedural frame, mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author. His debut novel was Quite Ugly One Morning; subsequent works have included All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye (2005), Black Widow (2016) and Bedlam (2013), which was written in parallel with the development of a first-person shooter videogame, also called Bedlam. He also writes historical fiction with his wife, Dr Marisa Haetzman, under the pseudonym Ambrose Parry.
