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Amazon tick tock croc9/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ‘A Thelma & Louise for modern times, where two misfits become something bigger and more forceful when they meet, on a philosophical quest reminiscent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If you have ever dreamed of escape and of living life with no safety harness, this is the book for you’. ![]() Kenny Boyle deals with difficult subjects with great insight and a light touch. ‘Funny, heart-breaking and compassionate. Immediate and engaging, it will resonate with anyone who ever wanted to escape everyday life’. ‘From the first line, The Tick and the Tock of the Crocodile Clock has a kind of gleeful playfulness at its heart, a light sense of humour applied even to heavy material. I enjoyed every minute of it and laughed and cried several times. It’s very difficult to believe Kenny Boyle hasn’t written a trillion novels before. ‘A witty, honest, powerful tale of friendship, belief, self-care and courage. ‘A bittersweet paean to friendship, art and making your mark, with a sharp line in patter and a big heart’ Alan Bissett A fun, heart-rending read with a deadly serious undertone’ P.K. His quirky, unreliable narrator pulls on our heartstrings, takes us by the hand and never lets go. ‘Boyle is a fresh, playful new voice on the Scots literary scene. Kenny Boyle is a singular voice’ Sanjeev Kohli ‘A charming, funny and unique story that tackles tough issues with a gentleness and poignancy that really resonated with me.’ Clare Grogan Kenny Boyle is bristling with talent, and this may well be the best book I’ve read in years’ Peter May Fresh, insightful and funny, as well as unflinchingly honest about the tougher side of life, Kenny Boyle's debut novel takes us deep into the psyche of a likeable misfit who treads a fine line between reality and fantasy – and just wants the world to see her true self. But a black cloud is about to overshadow this new-found liberation, as well as to put Wendy on the wrong side of the law. It's just what Wendy needs and it's also brilliant for her creative juices. Jobless and depressed, she finds consolation in a surprise friendship with another disgruntled ex-colleague, wild-child painter Cat, who encourages her to live more dangerously. But her manager isn't amused by that and, after a public dressing-down, Wendy walks out. She tries to brighten her call-centre job by shoehorning as many long words as possible into conversations with customers. So how comes she's on the run after an art heist? 'May well be the best book I've read in years' – Peter May An aspiring writer from the Southside of Glasgow, Wendy is in a rut. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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