by James Hawes · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099759713
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«Rancid Aluminium» is the comic novel by James Hawes, published by Vintage in paperback (320 pages, in English).
The story follows Peter Thompson, a modern man who defrauds his own company, burdened by debts and his marriage. His infatuation with the secretary and the arrival of the Russian mafia turn his life into a chaos of blackmail, black humor and criminal entanglements.
Novel by British writer James Hawes, originally published in 1997. This Vintage paperback edition dates from 1998.
For readers seeking acidic British comedy with touches of crime fiction and social criticism set in 1990s England.
James M. Hawes is a British novelist and popular historian who has been an official bestseller in both genres. He has written theatrically released screen adaptations of two of his works, and has appeared as an on-screen contributor in BBCTV's Art That Made Us (2022), on which he was also credited as Series Story Consultant, and Mozart: Rise of a Genius (2024).
