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Meantime
- Narrated by: Chris Reilly
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
*FRANKIE BOYLE'S GRIPPING CRIME NOVEL: AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
'A dark and entertaining tranche of Glasgow noir . . . [A] deft, engaging thriller' Observer
'Full of scintillating sentences and perfect lines of dialogue' Sunday Times
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Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. Felix enlists the help of a brilliant but mercurial GP; a bright young trade unionist; a failing screenwriter; semi-celebrity crime novelist Jane Pickford; and his crisis fuelled downstairs neighbour Donnie.
Their investigation sends them on a bewildering expedition that takes in Scottish radical politics, Artificial Intelligence, cults, secret agents, smugglers and vegan record shops.
Meantime is a picaresque detective story set against the backdrop of post-referendum Scotland. Frankie B
oyle's compelling debut novel is a tale of murder and revenge, and of personal and political loss.
'A darkest noir, unputdownable crime novel that swerves and surprises, with a gut-punch ending. I loved it!' Denise Mina, author of The Long Drop
'Inherent vices and scalpel-sharp jokes vie with a very human concern for those least garlanded in the rat race of life' Ian Rankin
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Critic reviews
"A gloriously funny mystery that bucks the 'cosy crime trend'... Peppered with one-liners, it reads Raymond Chandler in Glasgow... Boyle regularly deploys the beautifully offbeat imagery that characterises the best of his stand-up." (Telegraph)
"A surprisingly moving and beautiful journey through one man's shitshow of a friend's death / hangover." (Lucy Prebble, executive producer and writer of Succession)
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- Anonymous User
- 31-07-22
Great stuff
I love Frankie Boyle, and this did not disappoint - dark, funny, but a decent story as well
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- keith
- 11-08-22
You can go your own way...
A good book with good characters and the touching torture scene and a few twisty revelations.
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- Spirit hunter
- 06-08-22
From Scotland's Jesus to Scotland's agatha Christi
worth to read, a bit depressing I think Frankie me need to go chill out a bit.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-22
Super Read
I am surprised by this book and it was an excellent read lots of drama, twists turns and humour.
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- Caxx
- 31-10-22
Complicated
Really wanted to read and should have paid better attention to detail. Still as confused at the end as in the beginning but guess that’s what frankie set out to do and it’s me that hasn’t got it. Won’t give any spoilers and will revisit when in a different head space so upped from a 2 to a 4
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- Tim
- 09-01-23
Funny but lost focus
Plenty of laugh out loud moments as you’d expect from the wry wit of Boyle. However, I felt the plot lost focus, or at least I did.
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- Simon Brady
- 18-05-23
Funny and easy to listen to.
I really enjoyed this. Well written and well read. Quite funny in places without being forced
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-04-23
Full hearted; funny: superb 1st person protagonist
Laugh out loud at times; at others achingly poignant and painful. Some glorious social observations. Good performance, with relish, taking on one particular badly. I found the plot too convoluted or unclear: this was more than made up for by some beautiful moments of revery and reflection.
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- Nustomer
- 10-09-22
Glasgow at it's best and worst!
If Rebus had stumbled into Trainspotting this would have been the result! Brilliant! Laugh out loud!
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- Kirsty G.
- 10-09-22
just brilliant
oh my! Frankie Boyle is indeed a genius. I laughed and cried. He is absolutely a great (Scottish) Comedian and Writer. I will buy this, read this and perhaps even listen again.
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