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Language English Publication date 2005 | 4.2/5 Goodreads Publisher Little Brown, London Originally published 2005 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & (Paperback) Genres Black comedy, Satire, Crime Fiction Awards Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominations Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Similar Christopher Brookmyre books, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize winners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye is the ninth novel by Scottish writer Christopher Brookmyre.
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Plot summary
Jane Fleming, a 46-year-old housewife and grandmother, lives a quiet life in suburban East Kilbride. All that changes when her son, Ross, who works in the arms industry, is forced into hiding when his latest research attracts unwanted attention. Aided by the mysterious Bett, Jane must confront drug dealers, assassins and ruthless arms dealers in order to save her son.
Awards
All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye was the winner of the seventh Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction in 2006.
References
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