Mall Time
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0340528273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His time as crimewriter-in-residence on a sculpture project in Sunderland resulted in the collection "Blood Waters". A British Fantasy Award winner, he has also published books for children and more than 500 short stories in various genres. CHAZ BRENCHLEY has been making a living as a writer since he was eighteen. . He is the author of nine thrillers, most recen
The author plots 24 hours in the lives of a group of disparate characters drawn together in a few hours of terrifying carnage.
From Publishers Weekly An all-day telethon at the Meldon Centre, Europe's biggest mall, attracts huge crowds--and a lone gunman. As these characters helplessly watch the well-planned carnival turn into the scene of random carnage, Brenchley often interpolates unexpectedly human and dramatic incidents. But too much depends on the gunman, whose sketchy motivations (bad parents, sexual repulsion/repression) are psychological cliches, and whenever the novel returns to this central character, the narrative stalls. Brenchley ( The Garden ) examines this catastrophic combination through the eyes of a wide range of Northern England's population: a teen coup