Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation

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Martin Millar

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English

Soft Skull Press
06 January 2009

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

There's a megalomaniac professor digging a hole outside his flat. His small stake in the amphetamine market in Brixton is being threatened by a mysterious Chinese man. And the Milk Marketing Board has taken out a contract on his life. Welcome to the bizarre, obsessive world of Alby Starvation. Alby's doctor refuses to believe he's allergic to just about everything (which he is), especially milk. But when Alby soon discovers that his ongoing ailments are directly linked to the consumption of said product, he gives it up and is cured. Only thing is, he goes on to suggest this remedy to a number of other people suffering from milk allergies. In Millar's surreal backyard, the Milk Marketing Board sees sales slump to an alltime low. So there's only one thing left to do- put out a contract on Alby Starvation. Now Alby must save both his life and his precious comic collection. In Martin Millar's surreal tale of the urban counterculturea world full of shoplifting, deaththreats, paranoia, and video game arcadesAlby's frantic struggle to avoid being shot falls somewhere between Irvine Welsh and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

By: Martin Millar
Imprint: Soft Skull Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9781593762278
ISBN 10: 1593762275
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 06 January 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Millar was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but has lived in London, England, for a long time. He has written a lot of things--novels and plays and short stories and articles. His newest novel is Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me, and it's set in Glasgow. Millar has written six other novels- Love and Peace with Melody Paradise; Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation; Lux the Poet; The Good Fairies of New York; Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving and Ruby; and The Stone Age Diet. Millar likes Jane Austen novels, and wrote a stage play of Emma. He even wrote the novelization of the Tank Girl movie. Last, but not least, as Martin Scott, Millar writes the Thraxas series of books. There are five so far, and he won the World Fantasy Award for the first one. When he's not writing, Millar likes to watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer, read history books, especially if they're about ancient Greece, and play the flute.

Reviews for Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation

"""A crazed comedy of Brixton lowlife, drugs and martial arts."" ""A work of rare genius and truly cult, it deserves a place on your book shelf next to Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn."" ""I've been a fan of his work for almost twenty years."" -- Neil Gaiman"