Description
A crazy 12 hours in the life of a gangster . The Dealer is a gripping and fast moving comedy/crime thrillerl. Hard-core East London villain, Danny The Dealer Dempsey, has settled for a quiet country life in the rural village of Buntleyford, but wakes one morning, in his heavily secured home, to find a letter resting on his pillow. He is bewildered by how it got there, as there are no signs of an intruder, or a break-in. The mystery of who the letter is from - and what it contains - is something The Dealer will not share, even with his closest friends, or his dear sister Sally. The Dealer, normally a clear lateral thinker, is suddenly behaving out of character; and so begins a crazy 12-hour period, in which he succeeds in ruining his sister s wedding, disrespecting other gangland leaders, and turning his hand to gambling on ludicrous bets. Slowly but surely, The Dealer is dangerously offending and taunting everyone around him. Could The Dealer be on the brink of self-destruction? Or will he somehow succeed in saving his own skin at the final hour - while revealing to all the secrets of the letter that has clearly been dictating his bizarre behaviour? Reviews This extraordinary thriller has a gallery of wonderful characters from a crazy vicar to a blind bodyguard. A frightening and fast-paced story with the huge bonus of several chapters which are hysterically funny. Don t miss this one! -- Actor, Richard Briers FIVE STARS. This is a great holiday book!!! Think Tom Sharpe (Wilt, Riotous Assembly, etc) with balls. Royden manages to flesh out his wacky characters with just enough reality that even the cross-dressing Colonel and the unhinged, pot-smoking, Harley Davidson-riding Vicar of Buntleyford are believable (I think he was the Vicar at my last wedding actually). If you want a great laugh and you are not worried about the strange looks that you ll get on the plane when you pee yourself, then add it to your hand luggage!! Unfortunately I was on the No. 41 bus when I read it and am now being sued by The Hampshire Bus Cleaning Company!!!...I loved it!!...A gripping story that had me guessing to the end. If I could give it 6 stars, I would! -- Gary Shail - Quadrophenia With some fantastically comic characters such as the crazy vicar, the blind bodyguard and the bumbling professor this extraordinary thriller becomes a version of ‘Pulp Fiction set in an English country village. A superior comic thriller that will make you laugh out loud! -- The Hunts Post fast, funny and compelling...I was hooked from the start and couldn t put the book down...I found myself laughing out loud on several chapters, and even read a few parts twice over they were that funny. Highly recommended. My book of the year! -- International recording artiste, Simon Fung - China Black
About the Author
Tony Royden is a London-based composer/song writer/music producer who has successfully managed to establish himself in many diverse fields within the music industry; from composing stage musicals to producing top 20 pop/dance records and musically directing a prime time BBC TV chat show. Tony can boast over 80 BBCTV title music commissions - including The BAFTA TV Awards, 3 National Lottery shows (including The National Lottery Wright Ticket), EMMAs 2002, Hot Wax, Song For Europe, Grandstand, The Other Half, The O-Zone, The Booker Prize, Winter Olympics, Radio 1 Road Show, Michael Palin presents The Grierson Awards, Mind Games, Equinox and The Red Nose Awards - to name but a few. In 1987, Tony had great success with his musical Tanya , for which he wrote music, words, and screenplay. The story of a girl s struggle to beat her addiction to drugs, Tanya , was sold to and produced by the BBC - and has been shown in its entirety throughout Europe. The Dealer is Tony s first novel, and promises more for the future.
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