Dirty Dogs

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Pub Date 28 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 17 Jan 2022

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Terry has a lot to lose. A good job, a gorgeous wife, Becca, and a 19-year-old daughter, with a baby of her own. But when he is plunged into financial crisis by his brother Jonny, he urgently needs to find a large sum of money to avoid ruin.

One of Terry’s drinking buddies, who owns the local tattoo shop, drunkenly reminisces about his youth on the “dog-fight” scene in Glasgow. Equipped with only his wits, the most unpleasant associates, and a family who are a fast-moving comic calamity, Terry attempts to steal a number of fighting dogs from a police compound, where they are waiting to be destroyed: training them, and ultimately taking them out on the seamy dog-fight circuit with disastrous consequences.

Meanwhile, Terry’s “alternative” sister, Tasmin, discovers that her Tunisian holiday husband has secretly been sending her savings back home to his family, and Mercedes, Terry’s daughter, having had her pole-dancing accident go “viral” on YouTube, seeks to pursue exotic-dancing fame and fortune with her perma-tanned chums – down the local pub.

Set in the exotic locations of Peckham, Newcastle and Milton Keynes these are worlds that really exist in the shadows.

Terry has a lot to lose. A good job, a gorgeous wife, Becca, and a 19-year-old daughter, with a baby of her own. But when he is plunged into financial crisis by his brother Jonny, he urgently needs...


A Note From the Publisher

Stephen Parkes worked for 30 years in the City, the son of a bookmaker, and always an “outsider”. This story draws upon the experience, extraordinary individuals, and pitch-black humour that were part of his working life. He lives in Holborn.

Stephen Parkes worked for 30 years in the City, the son of a bookmaker, and always an “outsider”. This story draws upon the experience, extraordinary individuals, and pitch-black humour that were...


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I have to admit I laughed until I cried. I know Peckham well and the author captured the people and the place perfectly. The humour is about as black as it can get and, of course, it is all very un-PC, but forget about all that and let yourself have the guilty pleasure of meeting Terry and sharing in his troubles.

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