A very funny book for seriously unfunny times, this is the first credit crunch novel, a tale where the laughs are black, bitter, and laced with blind panic.' Tony Parsons
Henry Sutton was born in Norfolk in 1963. After training as a journalist he worked for a number of national newspapers and magazines. He is the author of five previous novels, including Gorleston, Flying and Kids' Stuff, and a collection of short stories, Thong Nation. He also teaches creative writing at UEA and lives in Norwich with his family.
This is a crime novel that jangles with the best sort of
Highsmithian bug-eyed paranoia, but it's also a savage satire on
our over-inflated expectations and sense of entitlement. A dark
comedy in the style of early Martin Amis, Get Me Out of Here will
have you laughing and flinching at the same time
*Guardian*
Henry Sutton - who writes like a dream - has pulled off what Tom
Wolfe did for the greed-is-good 80s in Bonfire of the Vanities. He
has written - with black, comic brilliance - about out times
*Daily Mirror*
With Matt Freeman, Sutton has really captured the Zeitgeist ... Is
he a killer or just a frustrated loser? Following the clues is
fascinating in itself. When I finished this book, I wanted to read
it again, and did
*Financial Times*
Henry Sutton has always had a knack for squeezing the national
zeitgeist into tight little narratives
*Geoff Dyer*
Totally brilliant and I haven't ever read anything quite like
it
*The Sun*
Like many a paranoid psychopath, Matt Freeman has succeeded until now in ingratiating himself with a few close friends and has maintained a relatively upscale lifestyle. But things are not going Matt's way of late, and the more things fall apart, the more Matt's behavior turns from mad to murderous. As the quintessential un-reliable narrator, Matt has a skewed view of events that makes it difficult to discern fact from fiction. His plan to leave England for some unspecified business deal in North Korea keeps getting roadblocked by his lack of finances and the refusal of support from his long-suffering friends and family. -VERDICT A lying, cheating, obsessive, delusional schemer, Matt is also compulsively entertaining, and his story is as riveting as it is creepy. All that remains is for the reader to puzzle out exactly what bad things Matt has done and how he is getting away with it. Recommended for all but the faintest of heart.-Barbara Love, Kingston Frontenac P.L., Kingston, Ont. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
This is a crime novel that jangles with the best sort of
Highsmithian bug-eyed paranoia, but it's also a savage satire on
our over-inflated expectations and sense of entitlement. A dark
comedy in the style of early Martin Amis, Get Me Out of Here
will have you laughing and flinching at the same time -- Laura
Wilson * Guardian *
Henry Sutton - who writes like a dream - has pulled off what Tom
Wolfe did for the greed-is-good 80s in Bonfire of the
Vanities. He has written - with black, comic brilliance - about
out times -- Tony Parsons * Daily Mirror *
With Matt Freeman, Sutton has really captured the Zeitgeist ... Is
he a killer or just a frustrated loser? Following the clues is
fascinating in itself. When I finished this book, I wanted to read
it again, and did * Financial Times *
Henry Sutton has always had a knack for squeezing the national
zeitgeist into tight little narratives -- Geoff Dyer
Totally brilliant and I haven't ever read anything quite like it *
The Sun *
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