Barking - Softcover

Holt, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841492868 ISBN 13: 9781841492865

Publisher: Orbit, 2008

Synopsis

'Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams' - Christopher Moore

'Holt has a zany humor that will appeal to fans of Terry Pratchett and Christopher Moore.' - Library Journal

Monsters are roaming the streets of London. Of course, some monsters are scarier than others:

Unicorns? No bother.
Vampires? Big deal.
Werewolves? Ho hum.

Lawyers? ... Aaargh!

Duncan's boss doesn't think that he's cut out to be a lawyer. He isn't a pack animal. He lacks the killer instinct. But when his best friend from school barges his way back into Duncan's life, with a full supporting cast of lawyers, ex-wives, zombies and snow-white unicorns, it's not long before things become distinctly unsettling.
Hairy, even.

Tom Holt's latest comic novel is a rollercoaster ride of supernatural silliness and biting satire.

Books by Tom Holt:

Walled Orchard Series
Goatsong
The Walled Orchard

J.W. Wells & Co. Series
The Portable Door
In Your Dreams
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
The Better Mousetrap
May Contain Traces of Magic
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

YouSpace Series
Doughnut
When It's A Jar
The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Novels
Expecting Someone Taller
Who's Afraid of Beowulf
Flying Dutch
Ye Gods!
Overtime
Here Comes the Sun
Grailblazers
Faust Among Equals
Odds and Gods
Djinn Rummy
My Hero
Paint your Dragon
Open Sesame
Wish you Were Here
Alexander at World's End
Only Human
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
Olympiad
Valhalla
Nothing But Blue Skies
Falling Sideways
Little People
Song for Nero
Meadowland
Barking
Blonde Bombshell
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
An Orc on the Wild Side

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Holt has been a full-time writer since 1995 and has produced some of the most popular comic fantasy of the last decade including Little People, Falling Sideways and Nothing But Blue Skies. He lives in Somerset with his family.

From AudioFile:

You'll love every minute of this British novel about London lawyers who "moonlight" as werewolves and vampires. Holt's bizarre story is unique in a world that overuses the word. Set aside logic, and you can almost believe that the arcane creatures live in the world of John Grisham and Lisa Scottoline. Maybe. Narrator Ray Sawyer certainly helps, with his conversational delivery and amiable charm--except when he's growling like a Cockney werewolf. He tells the story from the point of view of Duncan, a really bad lawyer, who is recruited by a group of high school friends to join their pack. It's only after he joins that he learns about the whole howling at the moon thing. It's a howling good time. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1841492868
• ISBN 13: 9781841492865
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404