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Nicholas Blincoe
Nicholas Blincoe
Manchester SlingbackManchester Slingback Newpbk 12 Mar 99
My Mother Was A Bank Robber And Other Stories
Jello SaladJello Salad
Acid CasualsAcid Casuals Newpbk 03 Dec 98
About the Author
Bibliography


New Paperback - Pan (1999)
Manchester Slingback
See Review by Val McDermid
Winner of this year's CWA Silver Dagger Award.
Everyone in Manchester wants to shag us.
Nicholas BlincoePoor Jake Powell. Destroyed by Manchester. Resurrected in London. Now he's the boss of a smart West End casino. But, inside, he's living a half-life fogged by old regrets.
Fifteen years ago he was hustling on the fringes of Manchester's gay village: running wild with a crowd of rentboys, purse-snatchers, Bowie Boys and disco trash; sleeping with anyone and everything ... Now Detective Inspector Davey Green has arrived to take him back: to confront the dirty secrets that led to the murder of Jake's best friend ... and to a new designer Manchester he barely recognises. Cover photographs of Nicholas Blincoe by Alan Powdrill
'He writes with vicious beauty and a veracity … His portrayal of the nasty side of gay Manchester is disturbingly convincing' The Times
'A nail-biting excursion into the dark night of the human soul… establishes Nicholas Blincoe as a solid talent that's here to stay ... a novel that crackles with energy, wit and insight' Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
'Delivers a strong morality tale (not for the delicate) of life in the underbelly of Manchester, and expertly juggles horror and pathos in the exploits of his Lost Boys of the drug-and-disco generation' Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph
'One of the best crime stories I've read in years… Blincoe seems with this book to have found a voice: an assured lyricism that sets off the brutishness of his characters' Guardian
'Continues his ultra-hip excursions into the British drug and club scene with gleeful mischief… Comic disco trash, violent as a Roadrunner cartoon, Blincoe's patch is unique' Time Out
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My Mother Was A Bank Robber And Other Stories
My Mother Was A Bank Robber 1996 Nicholas Blincoe. First published in Fresh Blood, edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim Jakubowski.
Jimmy No-Nose 1997 Nicholas Blincoe. First published in Allnighter, edited by Michael River.
English Astronaut 1998 Nichoias Blincoe. First published in Disco 2000, edited by Sarah Champion.
Slow Driver 1997 Nicholas Blincoe. First published in The Big Issue.
Ardwick Green (1997 Nichdas Blincoe. First published in Disco Biscuits, edited by Sarah Champion.
Half American 1998 Nicholas Blincoe. First published in Mean Time, edited by Jerry Sykes.
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British Pbk Original - Serpents Tail (1997)
Jello Salad
See Review by Lynda Ross
See Review by Val McDermid
There's a new restaurant opening in Soho tonight. It's owned by Susan Ball. She's funding the joint with the money she ripped off from her husband, Frank 'Ballistic' Ball - the gangster. The food's cooked by Hogie. He's from Manchester and his long blond locks have made him a natural TV chef. Trouble is he's also a screaming pervert. The Maitre D - Chef - is just back from Goa. He might not say his brains were completely drug fried, but everyone else would. Oh, and if I were you, I wouldn't trust him with your credit card.
What’s on the menu? Jello Salad of course. And what’s that? A delicious combination of Tarantinoesque violence, whipped together with camp a la Almodovar, by the coolest new name in British crime fiction.
'The new face of British crime and not for the faint-hearted.' Time Out
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New Paperback - Serpents Tail (1998)
Acid Casuals
Estela, who used to be Paul but has just had the operation, returns to Manchester on a business trip. The job - to kill her ex-boss, a club owner and money launderer - entails encounters with a whole posse of Mancunian lowlifers, dodgy bouncers, bent coppers, Moss Side gangsters, DJs and, of course, various kinds of drugs, and sex.
The dialogue is sharp, the setting realistically slimy, the action well over the top.
'Best debut crime novel of the year... Bleakly comic and highly inventive. Will do nothing for Manchester's new image.' Daily Telegraph
'Ultra hip, manic, funny, hugely imaginative and with a vocabulary sometimes so modern as to seem not yet invented' The Times
'A fast car amphetamine chase through the streets of Manchester' Mojo
'British noir for the Pulp Fiction generation' The Observer
'Written with a confidence and power rare in a first novel... the dialogue is sharp and mega-hip; and Blincoe manages to make his main cast not only believable but ultimately sad and sympathetic.' The Times
'Sharp, perversely funny debut... A top buzz, as they used to say' i-D
'A hard-hitting British hit job… the new face of British crime, and not for the faint-hearted' Time Out
'a classic crime thriller, but this time re-routed to the gang-blighted, nightclub-driven environs of post acid house Manchester' Select
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About The Author
Nicholas Blincoe was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, and now lives in London, describing himself as 'a one-time Doctor of Philosophy, an experiment-Rapper signed to Factory Records and the aspiring High Priest of the New Pulp Literature, UK Tabernacle'.
He is a journalist and broadcaster, working forThe Modern Review and BBC Radio 4. He has written screenplays and short stories, including 'Ardwick Green', which was published in the bestselling anthology Disco Biscuits.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • Manchester Slingback (Picador, 1998) New Pan Pbk Mar 99
  • My Mother Was A Bank Robber And Other Stories Short Stories (Revolver Pbk, 1998)
  • Jello Salad (Serpents Tail Pbk, 1997)
  • Acid Casuals (Serpents Tail, 1995) New Serpents Tail Pbk Dec 98

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