The good people at Serpent’s Tail have been kind enough to offer us three copies of Aifric Campbell’s critically acclaimed debut THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER to give away, so the least we can do is quote their blurb elves. To wit: Jay Hamilton lives a comfortable life in fashionable west London, listening to the minor and major dysfunctions of the over-privileged clients who frequent his psychoanalysis practice. But the darker recesses of his own psyche would not stand up to close examination: his brother Richard, a genius professor of mathematical linguistics, was apparently killed by rent boys in Los Angeles and Jay was the first on the scene. Author, Dana Flynn is determined to scratch beneath the surface while researching a biography she intends to write about Richard, and finds that Jay’s professional life is as precarious as his personal relationships - he uses his clients’ case studies as material for his fiction writing. Such is Jay’s hunger for recognition as a creative force that he exploits the vulnerables he counsels, and a decision not to intervene when a troubled patient steals a baby causes his past to unravel.Lovely. To be in with a chance of winning a copy of THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER, just answer the following question.
During her teenage years, did Aifric Campbell have a prize-winning ...Answers via the comment box, along with an email address (please use (at) rather than @), before noon on Tuesday, May 6. Et bon chance, mes amis …
(a) science project;
(b) greyhound;
(c) afro?
During her teenage years, did Aifric Campbell have a prize-winning ...
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to say. . .
C) afro?
rawsonkeith (at)gmail.com
b; greyhound
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a - song contests are not scientific
ReplyDeleteb - yes
c - hthsik - her hair is straight now and she's celtic, but on a humid day my own celtic locks can do a mean afro impression.
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a - song contests are not scientific
ReplyDeleteb - yes
c - hthsik - her hair is straight now and she's celtic, but on a humid day my own celtic locks can do a mean afro impression.
noenic(at)gmail
I got it, greyhound, it has to be greyhound. Dogs and women, what a combination. Can't beat them, can't shoot them. Gotta have them together!
ReplyDeleteLove to Lilliput and all her sweet dreams
b. Greyhound
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It would have been pretty cool if, as part of a prize winning science project, she put an afro on her greyhound.
I'm in...
ReplyDeleteThe answer is b).
Psychiatrist gone wild. Sounds good (I mean, sick).
patriciajhale(at)aol.com
It's a greyhound innit!
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btw, thanks for personalising my copy of The Big O - a better book I've yet to read this year. Is that smarmy enough for preferential treatmernt!!!
i understand every body in dublin has gone to the dogs. so i will go with prize winning grey hound.
ReplyDeletei am now a conformist and have used the comment box . hope i will not have to set my underweight king charles spaniel on you .
a_browne(at)eircom.net
Hmmm... just hazarding a guess but is the answer
ReplyDeleteb) Greyhound.
Its not cheating to read everyone elses comments surely...
same(dot)old(dot)sceal(at)gmail.com
I believe the answer to this question is b) greyhound.
ReplyDeleteIgnore Josh, he just likes to cause trouble.
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