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Big Spender
A safety inspector falls in love with a girl from the fireworks factory!
Jake Cooper, master of that most maligned of art forms, the safety instructional video, and nephew of the late Norbert Flint, the world’s stingiest man, urges caution in all things. But, his curiously dangerous past is starting to invade his present in a most alarming way. And, just when he thinks life can’t get any more treacherous, he meets a woman who shows him that the most hazardous thing we are ever likely to do, is to fall in love.
Jake Cooper, master of that most maligned of art forms, the safety instructional video, and nephew of the late Norbert Flint, the world’s stingiest man, urges caution in all things. But, his curiously dangerous past is starting to invade his present in a most alarming way. And, just when he thinks life can’t get any more treacherous, he meets a woman who shows him that the most hazardous thing we are ever likely to do, is to fall in love.
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359 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2002
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August 11, 2014
According to the song by Pink Floyd, money is the root of all evil today. One person who can surely appreciate that feeling is Jake Cooper, the hapless hero of John McCabe’s excellent book “Big Spender”
Safety Inspector Jake is finding it increasingly difficult to make his income match his expenditure. Having an at-home girlfriend addicted to internet chat rooms isn’t helping.
Trying to make ends meet is only a part of Jake’s problems, what with the mysterious death of his miserly uncle Norbert, disillusionment with his job, his girlfriend’s online liaisons and falling in love with a firework developer, it seems his life is beginning to fall apart.
Using a manuscript left behind by his uncle, Jake tries tom turn his life around. And just when he thinks he might be getting somewhere, a long forgotten face from his past returns demanding repayment of a debt.
Great humour and plot twists reminiscent of the late, great Tom Sharp make this an excellent holiday read. McCabe has a wonderful way of making the most ridiculous ideas seem plausible, I was captivated with the story and characters right from the start.
I can now add another author to my must read more list.
Safety Inspector Jake is finding it increasingly difficult to make his income match his expenditure. Having an at-home girlfriend addicted to internet chat rooms isn’t helping.
Trying to make ends meet is only a part of Jake’s problems, what with the mysterious death of his miserly uncle Norbert, disillusionment with his job, his girlfriend’s online liaisons and falling in love with a firework developer, it seems his life is beginning to fall apart.
Using a manuscript left behind by his uncle, Jake tries tom turn his life around. And just when he thinks he might be getting somewhere, a long forgotten face from his past returns demanding repayment of a debt.
Great humour and plot twists reminiscent of the late, great Tom Sharp make this an excellent holiday read. McCabe has a wonderful way of making the most ridiculous ideas seem plausible, I was captivated with the story and characters right from the start.
I can now add another author to my must read more list.
March 23, 2009
Funny in parts but the thriller is not much of a thriller and the twist was somewhat pedictable. Agood light read however
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