“The room buzzes around us but we’re fixed on each other, engaged in a battle of who can deprecate me more. She obviously doesn’t believe such a man can exist and keeps at it, prodding and goading me like a fisherman harpooning an already beached whale.” ManchesterCrime FictionBristolHard BoiledDirty RealismCrime NoirUntetheredJohn BowieBristol NoirBrit Noir Book:Untethered Source: Untethered
“I sit in the car, staring up at the big corporate beast of a hotel where everyone from prime ministers, presidents, pop stars and the red carpet parade had fucked, pissed, slept and golfed away our taxes and respect. I would need to strap on a pair before I enter.” ManchesterCrime FictionNoirBristolDirty RealismJohn BowieBristol NoirBrit Noir Book:Untethered Source: Untethered