First Remote Control Review!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Uppers and downers, 7 Mar 2012

By 

Stuart Ayris (Tollesbury, Essex, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remote Control (Kindle Edition)

Remote Control is a smartly written, well paced novel that follows a few days in the life of Jimmy McGovern, an ex-army drug addled drug dealer who has just suffered a relationship breakdown. The fact that his ex-girlfriend has been arrested as part of an anarchist plot to assassinate the Prime Minister, well that just adds greater to confusion to his already confused state of mind. As the novel moves swiftly on Jimmy becomes ever deeply involved in all sorts of machinations that lead inexorably to violence.

As a novel, Remote Control has a brilliantly realised main protagonist in Jimmy. His chaos, his daily attempts to get his life in order and his struggles to attain some form of equlibrium in his entirely messed up world are very well written; reflections on life, pragmatism and humour abound amidst the madness. I would go as far as to say that some of the dialogue reminded me of the circular madness of Catch-22 which is praise indeed!

The first half of the novel is cracking although I was left a little confused by the final few pages. Perhaps I had missed something on the way but I struggled to make full sense of the ending.

Overall I would recommend this book highly in order that you can spend a few days in the mad head of Jimmy McGovern. Well worth a read!

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