''All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye'' is the ninth
novel by Scottish writer
Christopher Brookmyre
Christopher Brookmyre (born 6 September 1968) is a Scottish novelist whose novels, generally in a crime or police procedural frame, mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan No ...
published in 2005.
Plot summary
Jane Fleming, a 46-year-old housewife and grandmother, lives a quiet life in suburban
East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
. All that changes when her son, Ross, who works in the arms industry, is forced into hiding when his latest research attracts unwanted attention. Aided by the mysterious Bett, Jane must confront drug dealers,
assassins and ruthless arms dealers in order to save her son.
Awards
''All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye'' was the winner of the seventh
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction in 2006.
References
External links
Observer review May 2005
2005 British novels
Novels by Christopher Brookmyre
Little, Brown and Company books
Novels set in Scotland
East Kilbride
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