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Meantime
- Narrated by: Chris Reilly
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
*A SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH*
Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. In a haze of uppers, hallucinogens and diazepam, Felix enlists the help of a brilliant but mercurial GP; a bright young trade unionist; a failing screenwriter; semi-celebrity crime novelist Jane Pickford; and his crisis fuelled downstairs neighbour Donnie.
Their investigation sends them on a bewildering expedition that takes in Scottish radical politics, Artificial Intelligence, cults, secret agents, smugglers and vegan record shops.
Meantime is a picaresque detective story set against the backdrop of post-referendum Scotland. Frankie Boyle's compelling debut novel is a tale of murder and revenge, and of personal and political loss.
Critic reviews
"A gloriously funny mystery that bucks the 'cosy crime trend'... Peppered with one-liners, it reads Raymond Chandler in Glasgow... Boyle regularly deploys the beautifully offbeat imagery that characterises the best of his stand-up." (Telegraph)
"A surprisingly moving and beautiful journey through one man's shitshow of a friend's death / hangover." (Lucy Prebble, executive producer and writer of Succession)
"A darkest noir, unputdownable crime novel that swerves and surprises, with a gut-punch ending. I loved it!" (Denise Mina, author of The Long Drop)
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- Sara
- 06-08-22
EXCELLENT.
I feel like the fact it’s written by Frankie Boyle could put people off in a time of ‘the celebrity author’. To be honest Frankie Boyle has no business being as brilliant a writer as he is. The narration is great, in the way that you don’t even think of it being narrated- it just IS the voice of the book and the characters. You’re in good hands with this one.
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- Wils1976
- 09-08-22
Really boring story
I’m a huge Boyle fan, I think he has a unique voice in stand up or general commentary. So I was super excited to feel that uniqueness here, and hoped that like Irvine Welsh, we could get a glimpse of that next Scottish auteur and it comes out at points, but overall this is boring, I struggled to maintain listening to it. I got 60% the way through and gave up.
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- Nustomer
- 10-09-22
Glasgow at it's best and worst!
If Rebus had stumbled into Trainspotting this would have been the result! Brilliant! Laugh out loud!
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- Kirsty G.
- 10-09-22
just brilliant
oh my! Frankie Boyle is indeed a genius. I laughed and cried. He is absolutely a great (Scottish) Comedian and Writer. I will buy this, read this and perhaps even listen again.
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- Traveller49
- 20-01-23
Not For The Judgmental
This book is littered with bad language, drug taking and criminal activity. I loved it. The main characters are very flawed yet very likeable and I couldn’t help feeling sympathy for them; an emotion which is justified near the end, The book is well written and beautifully performed. I hope Frankie writes more.
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- c a stephen
- 04-02-23
An interesting listen!
The book kept me engaged through a mix of comedy and intrigue. To be honest I wondered where the story was going at times but the plot twists come at the right time to get you back involved!
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- MR M
- 06-06-23
Very Frankie.
Good to see the Glaswegian tourist board haven’t let their game slip.
Story a bit meh but the quips and writing style top class.
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- WomanoftheWorld
- 09-08-22
Unique but entertaining.
This isn’t a normal whodunnit but definitely a vehicle for Boyle’s wicked sense if humour. There were getting to be a few too many characters that were difficult to keep straight in the series of vignettes in which they were introduced. But I am not sure I could listen to it again to sort them out. Still, there were many places I laughed out loud, and so like with most comedy, is the plot really the thing??
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- JJW
- 03-08-22
Absolutely brilliant!
This story both surprised and enthralled me in its journey and the character of Felix. A must read/listen if you have ever liked anything by Frankie Boyle.
I really hope this is the beginning of a new writing style for Frankie!
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- Matt Peck
- 10-03-23
Phenomenal
Brutally dark and bleak, with humour at the forefront, real mystery and friendships felt throughout.
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