Full Whack, Charles Higson
Full Whack, Charles Higson
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Full Whack

Author: Charles Higson

Narrator: Charles Higson

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2021

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Dennis 'The Menace' Pike, former wild man of Tottenham, is going grey and going straight. Anyway, it was hard work being a yob- the birds, the brawls, the endless beers- and he hasn't really got the energy any more for life on the edge. Then two old faces turn up from the past- the Bishop brothers, Chas and Noel. Famously inept, they were bad news then, and they haven't aged well. What's worse, they need Pike's expertise on a scheme wealth distribution really- offloading one of the old gang's ill-gotten millions. Robbing the robbers- now what's criminal about that?
Pike, still haunted by what happened one wreckless night all those years ago, refuses to get involved. But old habits die hard, and when he suddenly finds his bank account tampered with, Pike is drawn back into a world he spent ten years escaping. Thug or mug, he is nevertheless forced to confront a man so psychotically unhinged that his own youth seems like mere kids' stuff...
A slick, razor-sharp novel, FULL WHACK is packed full of searing wit, scurrilous characters and nefarious knock-about.

About Charles Higson

Charlie Higson started writing when he was ten years old. After university he was a singer and painter and decorator before he started writing for television. He went on to create and star in the hugely successful comedy series The Fast Show. He is the author of the bestselling Young Bond books and the incredibly successful horror series, The Enemy.Charlie doesn't do Facebook, but you can tweet him @monstroso.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on May 08, 2013

This is a smart, very 90s gruesome comedy thriller with crackling dialogue, eye watering biro violence and a pleasantly old fashioned plot.......more

Goodreads review by Joel on September 21, 2020

Some scenes were a tad violent for my taste but the characters are well brought to life and you empathise with the wild youths that have hit middle age......more

Goodreads review by Dave on June 15, 2023

Interesting anti-hero protagonist, good laugh......more

Goodreads review by Mark on October 01, 2020

Couldn't put it down.......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on September 22, 2024

Solid little thriller in the British gangster genre. Small in scope, comic and petty and violent and kinda gross. Not deep but I’d read another. On contemplation: cut one star, for being too mechanical and borderline unbelievable with its characters. Still fun, I’d still read another.......more


Quotes

Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events

Piercing wit and accelerated action in finely paced style Time Out

The missing link between Dick Emery and Bret Easton Ellis Vox

Lively narration, a superabundance of action...gruesome and hilarious Evening Standard

Higson has the kind of ear for middle-England angst that more established writers should be jealous of GQ