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Fragile State
Fragile State
Fragile State
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What do you do when your girlfriend disappears and your best friend commits suicide? Glen McGregor's answer is to get mind-numbingly drunk. But as bad as things are, they can always get worse, and soon he is being hampered in his quest for drunken oblivion by the lies and duplicity of his unsavoury past. Before long he is on a reluctant collision course with the truth, his progress hindered by M15, The Met Police, a plethora of dead bodies, and an overwhelming desire to run away and hide. Fragile State is a poignant, richly textured novel about friends and lovers, and the other, darker lives that they may lead
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAUK Authors
Release dateJun 11, 2014
ISBN9781849892186
Fragile State
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David Turner

David Turner has worked in TV, radio and newspapers. He was also a pilot for British European Airways and a marketing director at British Steel.  His close personal connection with the sinking of the Royal Oak – his uncle was one of those lost when it was torpedoed – resulted in a lifelong interest in the terrible tragedy.

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