- Published: 14 January 2021
- ISBN: 9781473577305
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
The Stranger Times
(The Stranger Times 1)
- Published: 14 January 2021
- ISBN: 9781473577305
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
Wonderfully dark, extremely funny, and evocative of Terry Pratchett - which I think is the highest compliment I can give.
ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling This is Going to Hurt
McDonnell packs jokes into every layer of his writing - narration, description, dialogue - and they always propel, rather than hold up, the business of storytelling, which is the real test of a comic author. He's also got an enjoyable sense of the macabre; these dark forces are not messing around . . . The Stranger Times is ripping entertainment from start to finish.
THE TIMES
I tore through The Stranger Times. Like an entertaining collision between the worlds of Mick Herron and Charlie Stross, it's a novel that proves ancient eldritch horror is no match for old-school journalism.
CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE, bestselling author of Fallen Angel
Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.
JASON MANFORD
There are weird happenings in Manchester; good job the drunk and dysfunctional journalists of The Stranger Times, a newspaper dedicated to paranormal and the unexplained, are on hand . . . terrific, easygoing fun.
Robert Millen, THE TIMES
A cracker . . . brace yourself for murder, monsters, mesmerism - and merriment. Wonderfully wacky.
SAGA
A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise.
Eric Brown, GUARDIAN
Darkly witty.
i-NEWSPAPER
Darkly comedic . . . alternating between sinister and silly, McDonnell's writing is intelligently witty.
THE HERALD
I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable.
JODI TAYLOR, bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's series
Fresh and genuinely funny.
SFX magazine
The one-liners zing, the dialogue is a tennis match of witty banter.
FINANCIAL TIMES
McDonnell loves creating characters and loves the characters he creates, and soon we are rooting for this quirky and eccentric multicultural bunch . . . a real generosity of spirit permeates the book. It is strangely feelgood but not in a schmaltzy way . . . a very funny book.
IRISH TIMES
Weird, wacky and wonderfully funny
IRISH EXAMINER