- Published: 2 May 2023
- ISBN: 9780552177351
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $22.99
This Charming Man
(The Stranger Times 2)
- Published: 2 May 2023
- ISBN: 9780552177351
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $22.99
Fast-paced, brilliantly written, and with characters to die for, This Charming Man will have you laughing out loud time and again.
THE-BOOK-DRAGON
Intriguingly brilliant . . . its greatest strength is in its engaging and enthralling characters, both new and old. The author revels in their personalities, their foibles and flaws as they guide you hilariously through an urban fantasy landscape bursting with myth and magic; all often hiding in plain sight . . . perhaps more Gaiman or Adams than Pratchett, McDonnell has a gift for describing the fantastical as delectably formulaic . . . if you enjoy your fantasy peppered with wit and deft creativity, then McDonnell's books will sit comfortably on your bookshelf next to those revered genre alumni.
STARBURST
With crisp plotting, scabrous dialogue and deftly applied splashes of gore, former comedian C.K. McDonnell has served up another winner from his cast of delightful losers.
DAILY MAIL
McDonnell makes Manchester chaotic, hilarious, elegiac and sinister at the same time . . . very, very funny . . . the work has already been compared frequently to Terry Pratchett, and given the whip-crack sharp lines and wryness, it is not inappropriate. But it is not a weak clone of Pratchett's work, and it has its own political edge.
SCOTSMAN