Dave Franklin

Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Welcome.

Come amuse yourself in the company of slime-dripping vagina jaws, Aboriginal ABBA tribute bands and Deliverance-quoting parrots.

This trio of politically incorrect comedies, which bleakly focus on male inadequacy and misogyny, will introduce you to a bunch of chronic misfits kicking around Wales, Australia and South Korea.

But be warned - you might grow to like some of them.

Just make sure you don't leave this little encyclopaedia of dysfunction on your maiden aunt's chair...

Book 1: Looking For Sarah Jane Smith

Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex.
But a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from his stupid mates, the loveable loser John and the ultra-macho Wasp Boy.
Maybe he'll even meet an exquisite girl like his Doctor Who heroine, Sarah Jane Smith, and live happily ever after...

Looking for Sarah Jane Smith - For anyone who suspects life's a bit rubbish.

Part road trip and part celebration of idiotic male friendship, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith is sure to strike a chord with those who appreciate The Inbetweeners, Peep Show and Bill Hicks.

Book 2: Manic Streets of Perth

Perth.
It's thousands of miles from anywhere, it's got a rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the laidback locals are being eaten by sharks.

Well, that's what expat reporter Paul Lewis thinks, but after a lonely Manic Street Preachers fan reveals her disastrously unlucky life suddenly nothing's the same...

Manic Streets of Perth - Where a snake-wielding robber is just the start of your troubles.

Gentler and warmer than Dave Franklin's other novels, Manic Streets is an easy to read comedy.

Book 3: English Toss on Planet Andong

Every year thousands of people travel to faraway lands to teach English as a foreign language. The fools.
One such expat is Paul Taylor, a heartbroken Aussie looking for a fresh start in a South Korean classroom. The lack of training isn't much of a help, but it's the baffling natives and unhinged flatmates that really start to convince him he's crash-landed in another galaxy...

Packed with over the top characters, English Toss is a demented sitcom of a novel that revels in the extremes of expat dislocation.

Dave Franklin is the author of ten novels, none of which should be read to small children at bedtime. His caustic, profanity-laced prose should be approached with caution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Baby Ice Dog Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498946339
• Artikelnr.: 42175612

Autorenporträt

Born in Wales, Dave Franklin published his first story at sixteen in a national fishing magazine. He immigrated to Australia and made his living as a reporter, earning the distinction of being sacked twice by a Perth-based newspaper group. He then spent nearly three years teaching English in Korea, during which the mortality rate of the children under his care remained at an impressive zero. He now teaches ESL to adults in Brisbane, helping (among others) Thai Lady Boys get to grips with their past participles.

The major theme of Dave's small, character-driven stories is alienation, the symptoms of which include male immaturity, misogyny, dysfunction, xenophobia, religion, violence and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. His books lack car chases and explosions; instead he prefers outlandish, twisted sex scenes that focus on exasperated loners full of doubt.

Readers who like his work tend to see its black comedy (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics take everything at face value. Indeed, some observers would suggest the highlight of his writing career, which has produced ten novels, remains being published in a fishing magazine.

Contact him on [e-mail] Here's a handy guide to his full-length work: DARK COMEDY 1. Looking For Sarah Jane Smith 2. Manic Streets of Perth 3. English Toss on Planet Andong 4. Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies (Anthology of the above) 5. The Muslim Zombies HORROR 1. Straitjacket Blues: Stories of Unease 2. The Goodreads Killer 3. Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy (Anthology of the above) 4. Nice Man Jack: A Jack The Ripper Novella PSYCHOLOGICAL / CRIME 1. Girls Like Funny Boys 2. To Dare A Future 3. Blundering Blokes (Anthology of the above that includes Sarah Jane Smith) 4. Riders on the Storm and Other Killer Songs 5. Saving a Child from God 6. A Promise of Pain (Anthology of the above novels plus two novellas and a short story) EROTICA 1. Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies 2. Welcome to Wales, Girls: A Violent Odyssey of Pornographic Filth