by
Ned Beauman
Prepare yourself for an intense read with Ned Beauman's debut novel "Boxer,Beetle".
There's a lot going on in a relatively short novel - two different time lines for a start as well as plenty of beetles, boxers (and fascists).
The action moves between a 21st century paranoid thriller involving the shady world of Nazi memorabilia collectors and the 1930's where the lives of boxer Seth Roach and gentleman entomologist Philip Erskine violently intersect.
The genre shifts and changes in narrative are handled well.
To say anymore would risk giving away some of the plots and turns-it's no mean feat to maintain the tension between the two side by side plots and then to resolve everything with a final flourish.
This is a well-written,funny book that I found compulsively readable.
Jessica
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