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A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away
A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away | Christopher Brookmyre
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Back when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they'd do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they're having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them. Nervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up, but everybody has to find their own way of coping. For some it's affairs, for others it's the bottle, and for Simon it's serial murder, mass slaughter and professional assassination.
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Ottergirl
A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away | Christopher Brookmyre
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Really like this story about a Scottish English NQT who ends up as part of a terrorist plot. It‘s funny, observational and well written. In addition the narrator does an *excellent* job of the various Scottish accents and words. #topnotchstuff

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A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away | Christopher Brookmyre

"Just for a while": Death's opening chat-up line in His great seduction, before he drugged you with soporific comforts, distracted you with minor luxuries and ensnared you with long-term payment plans.

Join the Rat Race "just for a while."

Concentrate on your career "just for a while."

Move in with your girlfriend "just for a while."

Find a bigger place, out in the burbs "just for a while."

Lie down in that wooden box "just for a while.

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