Author:Patrick Neate

Master storyteller Patrick Neate has written a funny, provocative and daring tale of London high- and low-life set among the capital's twirtysomethings. Featuring performance poetry; murder; Trafalgar Square's only fried-chicken induced battle; hat selling; bank robbery for the middle classes, love (and other social ailments); as well as pigeons - lots of crazed, angry thinking pigeons - The London Pigeon Wars is both a comic fable for our times and an exciting bird's eye view of life (and death) in the city.
The shifting viewpoints intensify the mystery, and, in true gothic literary style, reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor, first-novelist Toby-Potter's strong, dark narrative reveals the strangeness even in those who appear most "normal," how wild they all are and how close.
—— BooklistAn intricate tale that manages not to trip itself up, crisply narrated with a minimum of digression and a remarkable understatement that draws you into the action
—— Kirkus ReviewsAmbitious, dark, atmospheric and sometimes as painful as it is hypnotic-With its gothic atmosphere, sharply drawn characters and flowing, understated prose, this is an impressive debut
—— Portsmouth HeraldSo far beyond and above the Average Novel. The writing is brilliant- You will not have read anything like this before- The smart person's beach read.
—— Ellen Moore , Good Books LatelyStrange. Dark. But could we put it down? No. Because the writing and the strange gothic story being told are as compelling as a campfire ghost story
—— Ann LaFarge






