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Dead Cat Bounce
“Pacy and assured, with an authentic voice, Dead Cat Bounce is an impressive debut novel” - Neil Forsyth
“...a fast-paced novel driven by a brotherly rivalry that’s full of everyday scheming” - Elizabeth Reeder
“Well, either way, you'll have to speak to him today because...unless I get my money by tomorrow morning there's not going to be a funeral.”
When your 11 year old brother has been tragically killed in a car accident, you might think that organising his funeral would take priority. But when Nicky's coffin, complete with Nicky's body, goes missing, deadbeat loser Matt has only 26 hours in which to find the £20,000 he owes a Glasgow gangster or explain to his grieving
mother why there's not going to be a funeral.
Enter middle brother, Pete, successful hedge fund manager with an expensive wife, expensive children, and an expensive villa in Tuscany. Pete's watches cost £20,000, but he has his own problems, and Matt doesn't want his help anyway.
Seething with old resentments, the betrayals of the past and the double-dealings of the present, the two brothers must find a way to work together to retrieve Nicky's body and discover that they are not so different after all.
Kevin Scott's first novel is an assured and audacious black comedy of sibling rivalries and a satirical comment on the failures of modern society.
“...a fast-paced novel driven by a brotherly rivalry that’s full of everyday scheming” - Elizabeth Reeder
“Well, either way, you'll have to speak to him today because...unless I get my money by tomorrow morning there's not going to be a funeral.”
When your 11 year old brother has been tragically killed in a car accident, you might think that organising his funeral would take priority. But when Nicky's coffin, complete with Nicky's body, goes missing, deadbeat loser Matt has only 26 hours in which to find the £20,000 he owes a Glasgow gangster or explain to his grieving
mother why there's not going to be a funeral.
Enter middle brother, Pete, successful hedge fund manager with an expensive wife, expensive children, and an expensive villa in Tuscany. Pete's watches cost £20,000, but he has his own problems, and Matt doesn't want his help anyway.
Seething with old resentments, the betrayals of the past and the double-dealings of the present, the two brothers must find a way to work together to retrieve Nicky's body and discover that they are not so different after all.
Kevin Scott's first novel is an assured and audacious black comedy of sibling rivalries and a satirical comment on the failures of modern society.
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July 5, 2019
Another great book from a G2 Writer. When your brother's coffin (with him in it) gets stolen the day before the funeral you'd think you would take all the help you could get. But the remaining two brothers are too busy fighting old battles, and looking down on each other.
The gambling parts made risk-averse me uncomfortable, but that was because I was living every moment with them.
Interesting take on how financial institutions are doing more or less the same thing as happens down the bookies - we see gambling, not just with money, but with whole ways of life.
Can't wait to see what Kevin produces next.
The gambling parts made risk-averse me uncomfortable, but that was because I was living every moment with them.
Interesting take on how financial institutions are doing more or less the same thing as happens down the bookies - we see gambling, not just with money, but with whole ways of life.
Can't wait to see what Kevin produces next.
August 6, 2017
I love the style of Kevin Scott's writing. The thought processes zipping off in random directions, words repeating, sentences cut off when someone interrupts, all adds to the realness. I was alternately emotional, irritated and willing the characters on. Definitely an author to follow for the future!
May 25, 2017
I first heard the opening to Dead Cat Bounce many years ago, and I've been dying to find out what happens ever since. Kev's first novel is utterly brilliant, and kept me hooked from the moment I cracked the spine.
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