Description:
Cultural Satire. An ageing art afficionado embarks on a quest to push back against a cultural "tide of trash". With a rifle in his camper van, he becomes a single-cell terrorist, whose victims include graffiti artists, street artists, and various icons of Americana and Cool Britannia Fun, including the 81 year old Barry Manilow, still on tour at
Brief description: "... bleak but impressive" was the Times Literary Supplement's judgement on David Mines' writing; and novels such as 'The Ghost of Neil Diamond' have garnered thousands of words of favourable reviews from less mainstream sources as Bookmunch U.K. ('Review me Hard'), Alternative Reel, Florida, Zouch Magazine and Dissident Books, New York. His novels have been stolen and ruined by no less than 14 pdf sites.
Review Quotes: From Kirkus Review, August 8, 2025
" ... it's the depth of depraved character development that truly powers this twisted tale. The narrator's skewed view of the world, as seen through the lens of his frustration and anger, is, unsettlingly, almost understandable, especially considering his many failures, both personal and professional, throughout his largely unfulfilled life.Readers won't soon forget this dark little novel."