The recent world economic slump may not have happened in
quite the manner that most people imagine, not if The Fix is on the button at
any rate.
Opening in a dead man’s room, Josh finds himself at a low
point – job, girlfriend and prospects all gone to pot, not to mention the dead
body thing.
In order to find out how things got to be quite so bad, we
follow Josh’s story from an earlier point when he meets an unusual city type
and also falls in lust with a beautiful, blond nymphomaniac for whom he
develops an unhealthy obsession (think white T-bird and American Graffiti).
The unfolding (or unravelling), takes place from a number of
points of view, each character being either unpleasant and/or vapid. These players bump into each other and spin
around with little control in ways that are amusing and entertaining.
The Fix is a crime comedy caper dressed up in farce, served
up with a side order of pantomime and with a bread basket full of laughs. Imagine a dark Spitting Image moved a on a
couple of decades where nobody is quite what they seem and the ghost of Tom Sharpe has
joined the script-writing team – if any of that appeals, this is certainly the
novel for you.
Well worth picking up.
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