Five copies of Bad Things Happen to be won
Thanks to the kindly folks at Ebury Press, five lucky Bookgeeks will be getting stuck in to Harry Dolan’s new crime novel, Bad Things Happen, recently reviewed on Bookgeeks by Rob Cox.
David Loogan is leading a new and quietly anonymous life in a new town. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, the melancholy publisher of the crime magazine Gray Streets – and into an affair with Laura, Tom’s sleek blond wife. When Tom offers him a job as an editor, Loogan sees no harm in accepting. What he doesn’t realise is that the stories in Gray Streets tend to follow a simple formula: Plans Go Wrong. Bad Things Happen. People Die. Then one night David’s new boss phones him in a panic, asking him to come to his house immediately. And bring a shovel…
To win a copy, all you have to do is answer the following question: Which Michigan city is the setting for Bad Things Happen?
Win a manuscript page signed by AC/DC’s Brian Johnson [closed]
To celebrate the paperback release of legendary AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson’s automotive autobiography, we have a very special prize: a handwritten page from the original manuscript, signed by the great man himself and framed. The winner and four runners up get copies of Rockers and Rollers too…
Win a set of Serpent’s Tail Classics
Thanks to the lovely people at Serpent’s Tail one lucky Bookgeeks reader will win a set of Serpent’s Tail’s beautiful new Classics series, comprising: We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver, Shoe Dog, by George Pelecanos, Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, and The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. The books all have new introductions specially commissioned for them, and they’re a wonderful taste of some of the best that Serpent’s Tail has to offer.
We Need To Talk About Kevin: Lionel Shriver’s Orange Prize winner went on to sell a million copies worldwide. This new classics edition has a specially written introduction by Kate Mosse.
Shoedog: George Pelecanos’s own favourite among his novels. Written before The Wire made him famous, and long before the forthcoming series on New Orleans, Treme. With a new introduction by the BBC’s Mark Lawson.
Devil in a Blue Dress: One of the first African American gumshoe detectives, and later played on screen by Denzel Washington. Where it all started for the great Walter Mosley. The Classics edition features a new introduction from Wire in the Blood’s Val McDermid.
The Book of Disquiet: Existential European literature which has long been acknowledged as a masterpiece. With a new introduction by William Boyd.
To win this great set of books, answer the following question:
Q: Which detective is the lead character in Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress?
No more submissions accepted at this time.Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 1st August 2010.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookgeeks website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookgeeks and their families, or to employees of Profile / Serpent’s Tail and their families.
Win copies of Andrew Kaufman’s two novels [closed]
Thanks to our friends at Telegram Books, we are delighted to give five lucky people the chance to read Andrew Kaufman’s debut novel, All My Friends Are Superheroes, and his new opus, The Waterproof Bible.
All My Friends Are Superheroes: All Tom’s friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding the Perfectionist is hypnotized by her ex, Hypno, to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, the Perfectionist is sure that Tom has abandoned her, so she’s moving to Vancouver. She’ll use her superpowers to leave all the heartbreak behind. With no idea that Tom’s beside her, she boards the plane. Tom has, until they touch down, to convince her he’s there, or he loses her forever…
The Waterproof Bible: Everyone around Rebecca Reynolds can hear her deepest feelings. She’s hidden away her most powerful memories and emotions in shoeboxes. But how much emotional baggage can Unit 207, E.Z. Self Storage hold? Lewis has recently lost his wife, Lisa, Rebecca’s sister. He skips out on Lisa’s funeral, flies to Winnipeg, gets a haircut, and meets a woman who claims to be God. Aberystwyth, aka Aby, is driving across Canada in a stolen car to save the soul of her dying mother. She also happens to be green, gill-necked, and very uncomfortable out of the water. A chance encounter with Aby will send each of them on a personal quest. Can Rebecca, Lewis and Aby find redemption before a terrible flood destroys their chance at happiness? This is a charming tale about love and the power of forgiveness.
Two great historical trilogies to be won [closed]
For fans of historical fiction there’s a wealth of great new writing to choose from at the moment – and thanks to the splendid folks at Headline, one lucky winner of our new competition can get two trilogies of great historical novels.
Firstly, we have the nautical adventures of Nathan Peake, as written by Seth Hunter: The Time of Terror, The Tide of War and the forthcoming The Price of Glory. Described as ‘Patrick O’Brian meets John Le Carre’, they feature Nathan Peake, British naval officer and spy during the war with Revolutionary France. In the first of these tales, it is 1793, and Peake, Commander of the brig-sloop Nereus based at Rye in East Sussex, is unhappy with his commission and is desperate for some real action. When revolutionary France declares war on England, he gets his chance. The French have killed their king and are about to embark on that violent period of bloodletting known as the Terror. Peake is entrusted with a vital mission to wreck the French economy by smuggling millions of French banknotes across the Channel and into the heart of Paris. But opposition to the Terror mounts and Peake is soon forced to leave Paris and find the storm-tossed British squadrons in the Atlantic…
Secondly, we have first three books of M.K. Hume’s King Arthur series: Dragon’s Child, Warrior of the West and The Bloody Cup. They tell the epic tale of the man destined to become Arthur, High King of the Britons.
The Dark Ages: a time of chaos and bloodshed. The Roman legions have long deserted the Isles and the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic Britain, is nearing death, his kingdom torn apart by the jostling for his throne. Of unknown parentage, Artorex in growing up in the household of his foster father Lord Ector. One day, three strangers arrive and arrange for Artorex to be taught the martial skills of the warrior; blade and shield, horse and fire, pain and bravery. When they return, years later, Artorex is not only trained in the arts of battle, he is also a married man. The country is in desperate straits for the great cities of the east are falling to the menace of the Saxon hordes. Artorex becomes a war chieftain, and wins many battles that earns him the trust of his Celtic warriors and proves that Artorex alone can unite the tribes. But, if he is to fulfil his destiny and become the High King of the Britons, Artorex must find Uther’s crown and sword. The future of Britain is at stake.
Three copies of The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker to be won [closed]
We have three copies of The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker to give away – the latest standalone novel from our of our favourite fantasy authors.
Basso the Magnificent. Basso the Great. Basso the Wise. Basso the Murderer. The First Citizen of the Vesani Republic is an extraordinary man.
He is ruthless, cunning and, above all, lucky. He brings wealth, power and prestige to his people. But with power comes unwanted attention, and Basso must defend his nation and himself from threats foreign and domestic. In a lifetime of crucial decisions, he’s only ever made one mistake.
One mistake, though, can be enough.
To be in with a chance, simply get this question right:
What was the title of K.J. Parker’s previous standalone novel?
Good luck…
No more submissions accepted at this time.Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 13th June 2010.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookgeeks website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookgeeks and their families, or to employees of Little, Brown Book Group and their families.
Win a copy of John Connolly’s The Whisperers plus soundtrack [closed]
Charlie Parker returns in John Connolly’s latest thriller The Whisperers…
The border between Maine and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs, cash, weapons, people.
Now a group of disenchanted former soldiers has begun its own smuggling operation, and what is being moved is infinitely stranger and more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men’s hearts.
But the soldiers’ actions have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange. And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other, the killer known as the Collector…
5 lucky winners will receive a copy of The Whisperers, as well as a copy of the accompanying limited compilation CD Love & Whispers – the third soundtrack to the novels of John Connolly and only available at UK book store events or signings – featuring tracks by Piano Magic, Richmond Fontaine, Gastr Del Sol and Spiritualized, among others.
The question is: What’s the name of the shadowy figure who accompanies Herod on his sinister mission?
No more submissions accepted at this time.Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 29th May 2010.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winner’s name(s) may be published on Bookgeeks website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookgeeks and their families, or to employees of Hodder & Stoughton and their families.
Five copies of Apartment 16 to be won
Thanks to Pan MacMillan we have five copies of one of the most important horror novels to be published in the UK in years, Apartment 16, by Adam Nevill (read Mathew F. Riley’s review here).
Some doors are better left closed…
In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it’s been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever.
A young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She’s been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian who died in strange circumstances. Rumours claim Lillian was mad. But her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago.
Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building. And the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying…
To win a copy, tell us the title of the book that Adam would like to be buried with:
Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 23rd May 2010.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookgeeks website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookgeeks and their families, or to employees of PanMacmillan and their families.
Three copies of The Orphaned Worlds to be won [closed]
We have three copies of The Orphaned Worlds by Michael Cobley to give away – part deux of his excellent Humanity’s Fire trilogy (read Simon A’s review here).
Darien is no longer a lost outpost of humanity, but the prize in an intergalactic power struggle. Hegemony forces have a stranglehold over the planet and crack troops patrol its hotspots while Earth watches, passive, rendered impotent by galactic politics. But its Darien ambassador will soon become a player in a greater conflict. There is more at stake than a turf war on a newly discovered world. An ancient Uvovo temple hides access to a hyperspace prison, housing the greatest threat sentient life has ever known. Millennia ago, malignant intelligences were caged there following an apocalyptic war. And their servants work on their release. However, Darien’s guardians have not been idle, gathering resistance on the planet’s forest moon. Knowledge has been lost since great races battled in eons past, and now time is short. The galaxy will depend on the Uvovo reclaiming their past – and humanity must look to its future. For a new war is coming
Good stuff. To win a copy, read Simon’s review and answer the following question:
Win a copy of Tome of the Undergates [closed]
Competition time again here on Bookgeeks, and this time it’s our friends at Gollancz who have stepped up to provide the prize – five copies of Sam Sykes’ Tome of the Undergates – the start of a great new fantasy series.
Lenk can barely keep control of his mismatched adventurer band at the best of times (Gariath the dragon man sees humans as little more than prey, Kataria the shict despises most humans and the humans in the band are little better). When they’re not insulting each other’s religions they’re arguing about pay and conditions. So when the ship they are travelling on is attacked by pirates things don’t go very well. They go a whole lot worse when an invincible demon joins the fray. The demon steals the Tome of the Undergates – a manuscript that contains all you need to open the undergates. And whichever god you believe in you don’t want the undergates open. On the other side are countless more invincible demons, the manifestation of all the evil of the gods, and they want out. Full of razor-sharp wit, characters who leap off the page (and into trouble) and plunging the reader into a vivid world of adventure this is a fantasy that kicks off a series that could dominate the second decade of the century.
Bookgeeks’ Simon Appleby is reading this book at the moment, so expect a review very soon, but in the meantime, if you want to win a copy so you can make your own mind up, answer the following question correctly.
Ten copies of Blood Ninja to be won! [closed]
Thanks to the lovely people at Corvus, we have ten copies of Blood Ninja by Nick Lake to give away. Here’s the lowdown:
A fisherman’s son is snatched from home to fulfil his true destiny in this thrilling novel of ancient curses, warring emperors, forbidden love…and blood-sucking ninjas. Taro is a boy from a coastal village in rural Japan, fated to become a fisherman like his father. But in just one night, Taro’s world is turned upside down – and his destiny is changed forever. Skilled in the art of silent and deadly combat, ninjas are the agents of powerful nobles who rule sixteenth-century Japan. So why did a group of these highly trained assassins creep into a peasant’s hut and kill Taro’s father? And why did one ninja rescue Taro from their clutches, saving his life at enormous cost? Now on the run with this mysterious saviour and his best friend Hiro, Taro is determined to learn the way of the ninja to avenge his father’s death. But if they are to complete their perilous journey, Taro must first evade the wrath of the warring Lords, decipher an ancient curse, resist forbidden love – and come to terms with the blood-soaked secrets of a life lived in moonlight.
To be honest, they had us at blood-sucking ninjas! Our own Simon Appleby is reading this book now, so expect a review very soon, but in the meantime, if you want to win one of these rather spiffing paperbacks, with black-edged pages and a cover designed by the same clever people who have done album art for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, answer the following question correctly.
Win Celine Kiernan’s Moorhawke Trilogy – each book as it’s published [closed]
Bookgeeks’ Jennie Blake liked The Poison Throne, the first volume in Celine Kiernan’s Moorehawke Trilogy, so much that she wrote:
The plot is complicated, the details evocative, the characters compelling and fully drawn, Kiernan has created a world that fascinates and written a novel well worth reading and then re-reading, in order to make the wait for its sequel seem a least a bit shorter.
Well readers who want to try it can enter our competition and know that, for the winner, the wait for the sequels will be as short as possible: the first prize here is a copy of The Poison Throne now, and copies of The Crowded Shadows and The Rebel Prince sent to you as soon as they are published later in 2010. Three runners-up will receive copies of The Poison Throne.
Win a copy of Terminal World, by Alastair Reynolds [closed]
There’s not much that generates as much excitement here at Bookgeeks Towers as a new novel from Alastair Reynolds – and we will bring you a review of Terminal World soon – but while you’re waiting, here’s a bit more about it and a chance to win one of five copies, courtesy of those lovely people at Gollancz.
Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different – and rigidly enforced – level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television and electric trains . . .
Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon’s world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint’s Celestial Levels – and with the dying body comes bad news.
If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint’s base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon’s own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality – and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability.
Win six signed Robert Rankin books including his newest, Retromancer [closed]
We have a Christmas treat in store for you this week: to celebrate the release of his newest book, Retromancer, the lovely, festive-spirited people at Gollancz have given us five (as in five gold rings) sets of the following books, ALL signed by the Robert Rankin:
- Retromancer (hardback)
- Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (paperback)
- Witches of Chiswick (paperback)
- Knees up Mother Earth (paperback)
- The Brightonomicon (paperback)
- The Toyminator (paperback)
- The Da Da De Da Da Code (paperback)
- Necrophenia (paperback)
All of these spiffing titles have beautiful new covers with illustrations by the maestro of mirth himself. To win this corucopia of treasures and get your 2010 off with a bang, answer the following question:
No more submissions accepted at this time.In which London suburb are many of Robert Rankin’s far-fetched novels set?
- Chiswick
- Brentford
- Islington
Terms and conditions
- Closing date for entries: 4th January 2010.
- Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
- Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
- The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
- Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. The webmaster’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winners names may be published on the Bookgeeks website after the closing date of the competition.
- The competition is not open to Bookgeeks contributors and their families, or to Orion Book Group employees and their families.
- “The hill road wound upwards, as hill roads do, unless you’re coming down them, of course.”
Do you feel lucky? Enter to win Clint Eastwood. Icon [closed]
Courtesy of publisher Titan Books, we have three copies of Clint Eastwood. Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection available to win.
Clint Eastwood is not just a man; he is a nameless vigilante, a detective, bare-knuckle boxer, Secret Service agent, and Academy Award-winning director. His laconic one-liners can be heard in numerous languages, preceding the demise of another villain.
Clint Eastwood Icon paints a fascinating portrait of its subject through the art for his films. With more than 400 unique pieces, this trove gathers posters, lobby cards, studio ads, original art, and esoteric film memorabilia from around the world.
From his early roles as the nameless gunslinger in Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, to his directorial roles and latest films, this book captures the timeless image of Eastwood in the parts that made him cinema’s archetype for the American anti-hero.
To win one of these lovely books, worth £30 each, simply answer the following question:
Which of the following three films did Clint Eastwood NOT win an Academy Award for:
a. Dirty Harry
b. Unforgiven
c. Million Dollar Baby
Five copies of Fire by Kristin Cashore to be won [closed]
As recently reviewed by Jennie Blake here on Bookgeeks, the lovely people at Gollancz have given us five copies of Kristin Cashore’s Fire to give away to those who can answer a not-too-taxing question.
Set in a world of stunningly beautiful, exceptionally dangerous monsters, Fire is one of the most dangerous monsters of all – a human one. Marked out by her vivid red hair, she’s more than attractive. Fire is mesmerising. But with this extraordinary beauty comes influence and power. People who are susceptible to her appeal will do anything for her attention, and for her affection. They will turn away from their families, their work, and their duties for her. They will forget their responsibilities to please her . . . and worse, crush nations, neglect kingdoms and abuse their power. Aware of her power, and afraid of it, Fire lives in a corner of the world away from people, and away from temptation. Until the day comes when she is needed – a day when, for her king, she has to stand against not only his enemies, but also against herself . . .
Jennie loved it, and if you think you would too, answer this question to be in with a chance to win:
Which of the following is NOT one of the four classical elements, along with fire?
- Earth
- Wind
- Water
Win limited edition proofs of Stephen Donaldson’s Fatal Revenant [closed]
Fatal Revenant, Book Two of “The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,” begins where The Runes of the Earth ended: Linden Avery watches from a balcony while Thomas Covenant and her adopted son, Jeremiah, ride desperately toward Revelstone. But their reunion has vast consequences which she could not have foreseen. Soon she is betrayed by the people whom she most needs to trust. Transported deep into the Land’s past, she is forced to confront mysterious strangers, legendary heroes, and ancient evils, and to stand alone against the malevolence of the Despiser’s minions.
Abandoned in Garroting Deep, the most bloodthirsty of the Land’s long-dead forests, she reaches a fearsome decision: she determines to reshape reality in an attempt to end the Despiser’s evil and her son’s suffering. However, her purpose requires her to find Loric’s krill, a weapon abandoned among the Hills of Andelain millennia ago. And she needs the aid of friends and allies who will turn against her if she reveals her intent. Attacked by enemies old and new, and harried by strange beings with ambiguous agendas, she strives toward Andelain. But the ravenous skurj are rising, and all of her actions appear to serve her worst foes.
We have eight limited edition proof copies of Fatal Revenant to give away, courtesy of the nice people at Gollancz, and to be in with a chance to win one all you have to do is answer this question:
The unlikely hero Thomas Covenant suffers from which disease?
a. Polio
b. Schizophrenia
c. Leprosy
Competition: Horror Reanimated: Echoes [closed]
A few months ago Mathew F. Riley teamed up with Bill Hussey and Joseph D’Lacey to create and collaborate on the Horror Reanimated blog – a celebration of all things horror.
At the end of May we went on a short but sweet Horror Reanimated tour, officially launching the blog, but also celebrating the publication of Bill and Joseph’s latest novels, The Absence, and Garbage Man respectively. We all read at the events; Bill and Joseph from their novels, and Mathew reading Seems Only Right, the winning entry in the British Fantasy Society’s Short Story competition.
At those events we also gave away a limited edition chapbook to the attendees: Horror Reanimated 1: Echoes.
The chapbook contains 3 pieces of fiction totalling 25,000 words; one from each author:
- Joseph D’Lacey’s Rhiannon’s Reach – the victim of a diving accident conquers his fear of the water
- Bill Hussey’s A Room Thus Stained – a Victorian vigilante loses himself in the streets of Whitechapel
- Mathew F. Riley’s Part of the Landscape – a disenchanted worker is drawn from the everyday into an underworld of memories which form the fabric and structure of London
You can read a review here.
We hope it’ll be the first of several publications from Horror Reanimated and we have kept back a signed copy for each of the first three people drawn from the hat, who can answer the following question correctly:
What is the title of Joseph D’Lacey’s first novel?
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves
- Meet and Greet
- Meat
Competition: going underground with The Dwarves [closed]
Whatever trends may sweep across the fantasy landscape, most fantasy fans cut their teeth on Lord of the Rings, perhaps with a game of Dungeons & Dragons on the side, and many of us would admit that we love to revisit these classic fantasy tropes. Now we can do that, focusing on the doughty and enigmatic Dwarf race in the first book of Marcus Heitz’s new series:
For countless millennia, no man or beast has ever succeeded in breaching the stone gateway into Girdlegard. Until now …Abandoned as a child, Tungdil the blacksmith is the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. But when he is sent out into the world to deliver a message and reacquaint himself with his people, the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety, but the life of every man, woman and child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions, Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised, he is a true dwarf. And no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.
There’ll be a review here on Bookgeeks very soon, but in the meantime you can win one of three copies of the paperback so you can see what the fuss is about. All you have to do is answer one question and you’re in with a chance:
Tolkien’s Gimli must be fantasy’s most famous dwarf – but what was the name of his father?
a. Gloin
b. Gimlet
c. Gimcrack
Competition: win signed copies of the David Simon classic Homicide [closed]
David Simon is perhaps best known as the creator the The Wire, widely acclaimed as one of the best TV dramas ever made – but before Simon’s amazing scripts hit TV screens, he made his name by reporting on crime and deprivation in Baltimore, and by writing two amazing books on the subject: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (which inspired the series of the same name), and, with Ed Burns, The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner City Neighbourhood, also made in to a TV mini-series. His understanding of both sides of the issues of drugs and crime in Baltimore is perhaps what makes The Wire such a superlative piece of television.
Now we have a very cool prize here: to celebrate the new Canongate editions of The Corner and Homicide, and Simon’s recent visit to our shores, we have five copies of Homicide, signed by the man himself. To be in with a chance to win, we need the answers to three questions:
1. Which Baltimore cop featured in Homicide (the book) gave his name to a character in The Wire, as well as going on to act in both Homicide (the TV series) and The Wire?
2. Which newspaper did David Simon take two leaves of absence from to write these books?
3. The corner of which two streets is the setting for The Corner?
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