When Bruce McCarthy dies soon after reporting that his house is haunted, radio hack Sam Ridley decides to investigate. But he's soon up against forces far more dangerous than the supernatural . . . Sam's home life has become one long high-volume nightmare - and it isn't the kind you can wake up from. Not when the flat upstairs is holding parties twenty-four hours a day. For the sake of some peace, Sam agrees to work the overnight shift: a job so mind-numbingly awful that it's only fit for those who haven't made it yet - and those who never will. Sam realizes that this all-time career low can't get any lower when he's assigned to interview Bruce 'Screw Loose' McCarthy, a builder who thinks his house is haunted. A builder with only days to live.'Tough, genuine, racy - serving up London hard-boiled.' Andrew Klavan'A light touch and sparkling dialogue make this the most promising first for some time.' Irish Independent'Sharp and funny portrait of life in a low-rent radio station.' Daily Mail
- ISBN10 0333760131
- ISBN13 9780333760130
- Publish Date 21 May 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 August 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English