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City of Tiny Lights

Patrick Neate

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
02 June 2017
A contemporary, fast paced and often funny thriller set in the heart of London

Meet Tommy Akhtar, Ugandan Asian cricket fan, devoted son, and not very successful private investigator with offices over his brother Gundappa's mini-cab firm in deepest West London.

He's just woken up from his hangover (combing the parting on his toungue) when his next case comes through the door. It looks like just another investigation when hooker Melody comes into his office asking him to find her co-worker, Natasha, last seen meeting new client at a bar in Shepherd's Market.

But as the search for Natasha intensifies, Tommy's world becomes increasingly sinister. He is drawn into a murder investigation, the criminal underworld, the world of fundamentalist religion and maybe even terrorist activities. Neate brilliantly explores the oddball underbelly and wierd cultural mix of London - The City of Tiny Lights - today and questions just what it really means to be British now.....
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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   234g
ISBN:   9780241982150
ISBN 10:   0241982154
Pages:   336
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Patrick Neate is the author of three previous novels- Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko, which won a Betty Trask Award, Twelve Bar Blues, which won the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, and The London Pigeon Wars. His last book was Where You're At- Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet, an exploration of the global proliferation and appropriation of hip hop. He lives in London some of the time.

Reviews for City of Tiny Lights

Cool, slick and funny ... a delightfully mischievous tweaking of the downbeat, hungover gumshoe. Terrific Independent A rollicking detective story ... keeps you guessing until the last page Red A rare treat in a thriller ... A surprisingly touching book that demands at least one sequel Daily Express In getting to the heart of the tensions that run through London's streets, City of Tiny Lights reimagines the modern city afresh Metro A spry, ambitious thriller Time Out Neate's books have a sparky loquacity that is funny and inventive New Statesman


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