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A review by kahn_johnson
A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell
5.0
As anyone who has even attempted it will tell you, writing a book is a real skill. Granted that may sound like stating the obvious, but as someone who has still not managed to get past stitching together 1,000 words on anything I can really appreciate what it takes to put together enough sentences to make an entire novel.
Now imagine effectively trying to write two books - only not in words, but in tone, in style, in genre.
This is the trick Caimh McDonnell has pulled off with more aplomb than a man has a right to when producing his debut work.
A stand-up by trade, Caimh (it's pronounced exactly as it sounds) has created something of a health and safety risk as A Man With One Of Those Faces will have you on the edge of your seat until you fall off it laughing.
The story is a simple one.
Paul spends his time helping other people by pretending to be someone he's not, only for him to be mistaken for someone he didn't even know he was being.
This leads to a police investigation, being hunted by people who thinks he knows stuff that he doesn't, going on the run with a nurse he barely knows and trying to solve the whole mystery before he's killed for being someone he wasn't and knowing things he didn't know before he started having to find out.
Got that?
Good.
In turn hilarious and gripping, Caimh takes you on a rollercoaster ride that is pure entertainment.
I laughed out loud as much as I ever have at peak-time Pratchett - to the point I was banned from reading in bed after my girlfriend had fallen asleep as I kept waking her up - and I was gripped as I've been by any Jack Reacher outing.
We're talking late for things/resenting interruptions levels of being grabbed.
Did I mention it's the talented bastard's debut novel?
It is said everyone has a book inside them. Caimh, I suspect, has several and I can't wait to find out what happens next.
Now imagine effectively trying to write two books - only not in words, but in tone, in style, in genre.
This is the trick Caimh McDonnell has pulled off with more aplomb than a man has a right to when producing his debut work.
A stand-up by trade, Caimh (it's pronounced exactly as it sounds) has created something of a health and safety risk as A Man With One Of Those Faces will have you on the edge of your seat until you fall off it laughing.
The story is a simple one.
Paul spends his time helping other people by pretending to be someone he's not, only for him to be mistaken for someone he didn't even know he was being.
This leads to a police investigation, being hunted by people who thinks he knows stuff that he doesn't, going on the run with a nurse he barely knows and trying to solve the whole mystery before he's killed for being someone he wasn't and knowing things he didn't know before he started having to find out.
Got that?
Good.
In turn hilarious and gripping, Caimh takes you on a rollercoaster ride that is pure entertainment.
I laughed out loud as much as I ever have at peak-time Pratchett - to the point I was banned from reading in bed after my girlfriend had fallen asleep as I kept waking her up - and I was gripped as I've been by any Jack Reacher outing.
We're talking late for things/resenting interruptions levels of being grabbed.
Did I mention it's the talented bastard's debut novel?
It is said everyone has a book inside them. Caimh, I suspect, has several and I can't wait to find out what happens next.