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Post by benedictjjones on Aug 13, 2011 15:37:03 GMT 1
picked this London crime novel up from Soul Bay Press. a great little story around a brilliantly crafted character called Slim Gunter. Lots of great noirisms and set around where i work so you have the characters drinking in a lot of the places i do!
Slim Gunter is a part time 'PI' part time writer and when he is asked by his acquaintance Estrella Woolf to look into the disappearance of a tibetan skull he his hurled into a world of strange porn, 'roid rage policemen and soho gangsters. Slim is different to a lot of the usual 'PI' style characters in that he is rubbish at fighting, tries to steer clear of violence and has a huge heart. The supporting characters of Eddie, Barclay and Lady are great as well.
There is a free Gunter short story on the Soul Bay website (or Loukes' website - i can't remember which...) and I'll be trying to get the second Gunter novel 'Goose Flesh' as soon as I can.
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Post by Matthew Loukes on Aug 17, 2011 8:12:33 GMT 1
Thanks for the generous comments. Goose Flesh can be found at Amazon and is also on Kindle for those of you who like that sort of thing. www.matthewloukes.com for the Our Lady story where Slim and his partner of sorts meet for the first time. All the best matthew
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Post by benedictjjones on Aug 19, 2011 13:14:39 GMT 1
^cheers matthew! are there plans for another Gunter novel?
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Post by Matthew Loukes on Aug 24, 2011 8:54:27 GMT 1
Yes, there is one under way.
But it's a SLOW process in that I'll be writing till Christmas, then spending a load of time trying to sell it to the big boys (who will probably say no) before getting someone smaller to put it out.
I reckon it will take a year.....unless someone comes up with a serious offer.
I'll post progress on here. Thanks again
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Post by benedictjjones on Aug 24, 2011 10:02:30 GMT 1
no worries, Matthew, pay day friday so I'll be grabbing goose flesh soon as.
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Post by benedictjjones on May 15, 2012 21:48:13 GMT 1
finally got goose flesh and started it last night - loving it already!
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