Fakes
A NovoFlick
by Vincent McInerney
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Pub Date 28 Apr 2023 | Archive Date 15 May 2023
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Description
FAKES is a story of intrigue and crime set in the Liverpool of the 1970s. With a rich cast of characters, its energy suspense and comedy are driven by the dialogue of the key players as they become involved in the hectic circumstances surrounding the sale and whereabouts of a stolen baroque painting purchased with missing drugs money.
Characters include a redundant bedspring fitter who has reinvented himself as a ‘Private Eye’. An art-connoisseur drug dealer. The redoubtable Detective Inspector Crust.
Drawing on his deep knowledge of Liverpool life; his background in the Merchant Marine; and his perceptions of art-collecting, Vincent McInerney crafts an engaging tale
With scenes set in Liverpool city, its docks, plus a shoot-out on a container ship in a storm, FAKES has a vitality and wit that draws on the author’s previous work for radio / the stage / and as a commissioned film-maker/ screenwriter, and leaves the reader engaged and surprised right to the end.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781805145585 |
PRICE | £4.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 424 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
The cover and description drew me in and I'm so glad I was able to read this. Vincent McInerney has a great writing style for this story and the characters were what I was hoping for. I loved the idea of the stolen paintings and it worked overall. I'm excited to read more from Vincent McInerney.
"Yeah. The stamps worthless. The tricks all rubbish. Black face soap. Vanishing egg. Pharaoh’s serpents… Not one ever fucking really worked… But never thought I’d ever have a place here.” John straightened. “Not far now. Just up here on the right. Nearly opposite the Wine Lodge… That night Everton won that replay? When they led that donkey in? Walked it round the bar. Blue-and-white roundels on either rump. Happy times, eh?…”