Meantime – Frankie Boyle
Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety’s best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. In a haze of uppers, hallucinogens, and diazepam, Felix enlists the help of a brilliant but mercurial GP; a bright young trade unionist; a failing screenwriter; semi-celebrity crime novelist Jane Pickford; and his crisis fuelled downstairs neighbour Donnie.
Their investigation sends them on a bewildering expedition that takes in Scottish radical politics, Artificial Intelligence, cults, secret agents, smugglers and vegan record shops.
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Review from Book Club Meeting:
Soooooooo….. we chose this book encouraged by good reviews and Frankie Boyle’s witty comedy, but we agreed that it wasn’t our cup of tea.
Aside from a couple of good one liners and a well written explanation behind the main character’s life choices many of us agreed that the book was a little too dark and unbelievable, and didn’t really hold together.
Some of us did not finish it either for the above reason… a women only Book Club might just not be the right audience for it….
The star rating out of 5 is 1.08.