Glass Barbie
Published on 14. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-991083-23-4 (ISBN)
Description
'Cockroach' Karl Copley, a crackhead crim with a small brain and a big mouth, convinces his former best friend Richie McMullan - now a squeaky-clean senior cop - he can help rescue Barbara 'Barbie' Konstantinou, a high school crush apparently held for ransom by bikers in New Zealand's sunny north.
Problems pile up quickly, though, when Barbie doesn't want to go back to her effed-up family and it emerges there's much more at stake than a simple kidnapping.
Over two wild weeks of love/hate hangouts and rescue attempts, from Wh¿ngarei to Kaitaia to the Bay of Islands, we find out if Crooked Karl has what it takes to solve the mystery and bring back Barbie.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-991083-23-4 (9781991083234)
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Michael Botur, born 1984 in Christchurch, is the author of eight short story collections: young adult sci-fi dystopian series, Lockdownland; the "White Once Were Warriors" novel, Crimechurch; a poetry collection, Loudmouth; and a children's book, My Animal Family. He has won creative writing awards in the US, Australia and New Zealand. In 2020 he pivoted to writing horror feature-film screenplays. Mike settled in Northland in 2015. He prefers hanging with druggies, lowlifes, perverts and weirdos than boring people.