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9780224023320

Putting the Boot In

Putting the Boot In

by Dan Kavanagh

Publisher Jonathan Cape

Genre: Crime

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  • Hardcover


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About the book

Wickedly funny, this is the third novel in the elusive Dan Kavanagh's London-based crime series featuring bisexual private detective Duffy.

Things are hotting up in the Third Division and it seems someone's nobbling players. Following the loss of one of his best strikers, Jimmy Lister, former England player and now ineffectual club manager, calls on the expertise of the inimitable Duffy.

Duffy must investigate the troubled world of lower-league football while also facing questions of his possible encounter with AIDS, whether he's cooked his frozen pizza for too long and whether he's too short to be a decent goalkeeper.

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About the Author

Dan Kavanagh

Dan Kavanagh was born in County Sligo, Ireland, in 1946.


He has been an entertainment officer on a Japanese supertanker, a waiter on roller skates at a drive-in eatery in Tucson, and a bouncer in a gay bar in San Francisco.


He lives in Islington, North London.

  • Professionally Packed

    All of our books that have a dust wrapper are covered in clear protective, removable film and are packed professionally in bubble wrap and a box for shipping so that they reach you in perfect condition.

  • Book Condition & Notes

    Bumped bottom corners. In an unclipped dust jacket with some spotting to front flap.

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