A review by liberrydude
Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman

2.0

Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990's before the peace this tale of Dan Starkey is full of violence but it's also very funny at times. Starkey is a journalist who is both immature and an alcoholic. His sense of humor is pretty insane. It starts out slowly with some womanizing by a self admitted loyal guy and the next thing you know there are bodies every where and it's not clear who is killing and why. Starkey is also interviewing with an American journalist, the only black guy in Belfast it seems, a candidate for prime minister who was a former bomber. Starkey is on the run from the police, gangsters, the IRA, and the Ulster Defence League. It's been made into a movie and this is the first in the series. The cover is enough of an enticement to read it but you are left wandering sometimes with the cultural idioms and slang.