The Killing of Butterfly Joe
05 April 2018Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Synopsis
'A wonderful entertainment' The Times
'Larger-than-life fun' Daily Mail
'I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.'
Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfly salesman as charismatic as he is infuriating, and they were soon hurtling across 1980s America together, caught...
Details
05 April 2018789 minutes
Thomas Hunt
9781509899418Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Reviews
A wonderful entertainment . . . a thoroughly readable and appealingly eccentric bookThe Times
An exuberant, coming-of-age romp . . . a bittersweet comedy of sentimental education . . . larger-than-life funDaily Mail
A wild-eyed road trip across America, filled with colourful characters, crazy anecdotes, sparky dialogue . . . Brook’s writing remains as considered and enchanting as ever. And it’s funny too, which is always a wonderful thingBig Issue
A boldly unique book with an adventure story at its core . . . the biggest joy of this novel is in the brilliantly teased out sense of dread that starts the moment you pick up the book and read the title . . . a beautiful story, and beautifully told too . . . This novel is an adventure in every sense of the wordculturefly.com
