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    Nice Times
    Nice Times
    Nice Times
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    Nice Times

    By Alexis Scott

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    Nice Times is a black comedy set in Nice and Glasgow. Two Scottish couples in their early forties go on holiday together. It is the millennium, France still has the franc and Nice promises affordable sun, sea and culture. Only the holiday is no cure for their respective ills: Gavin and Sheila still have to deal with their son Alan’s teenage mood swings while Stuart and Madge’s relationship continues to deteriorate. The holiday brings more than any of them bargained for and upon returning to Glasgow none of their lives will ever be quite the same again.
    Nice Times was previously published under the title Eating Wolves in paperback by Dewi Lewis in 2003.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexis Scott
    Release dateOct 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301755356
    Nice Times
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    Alexis Scott

    Born in Derry, N. Ireland. I trained as a solicitor and have worked in welfare rights, money advice, social research, selling art. I have written all my life. My other e-books include The Years and Deaconsbank. My one print book is Eating Wolves (Dewi Lewis 2003).

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