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| The Long Snake Tattoo (Frontlines) (Frontlines) | 
 enlarge | Author: Frank Downes
Publisher: Do Not Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3644289
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1899344357
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781899344352
ASIN: 1899344357
Publication Date: October 12, 1998
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Quick, deft, funny, and fresh, with some of the best dialogue and the best narration since Nick Hornby's High Fidelity."" - Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) ""A slangy, tangy first novel from Britain.... What takes center stage is the driving, driven narrative voice."" - Time Magazine. A dark, humorous novel centering around a seedy backstreet hotel, racism, and nefarious goings-on. Ted Hamilton's new job as a night porter at the down-at-the-heels Eagle Hotel in Liverpool, England, propels him into a world of seedy nocturnal goings-on, peopled by bizarre characters. These range from the pompous and near-efficient Mr. Butterthwaite to bigoted old soldier Henry, via Claudia the harassed chambermaid and Alf Speed, a moving man with a weakness for uninvited naps in strange beds. But it soon becomes apparent that something sinister is lurking beneath the surface.
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 A distinctive voice and a compelling protaganist January 30, 2000
The loopy style wore thin toward the end, but Ted's mix of dark-minded cynicism and only-a-young-guy innocence was so realistic I had to find out what happened to him. The story seemed to get away from Ted, making for a slightly disappointing ending, but the first half of the book was very sharp. A good read simply for Ted's funny and consistent narration.
 Liverpool 101 March 16, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
How refreshing to read a book that is completely out of the ordinary.The characters are painted in living color and sound so absolutely true. Not only is this a very funny book, but also a lesson in living together with other races. It should be read more than once. My only regret: the preachy ending is not needed - the author had made his point clearly over and over again. I hope it becomes a classic.
Original, witty and insightful account of life. January 21, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating novel. It is different, but impossible to put down. I am amazed that this novel is not more widely known. This is clearly a cult novel before anybody realised it. Read this book and you will be moved, entertained and you will laugh.
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