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About the Book
Award winning. Side-splitting.
Steven Spalding is a mild, unexceptional civil-servant, overweight and solitary. But he has a secret; an alter ego in the form of wise-cracking, anarchic Eric Dombey. As Eric, Steven can become the self he sometimes wishes to be, but as events in his life slip out of control, the boundaries between real and unreal blur – all is not as it seems.
Wild, wacky, thoughtful, disturbing and very funny, this book will make you reconsider the whole concept of fiction and reality.
Winner of the Reed Fiction Award in association with North and South
“An absolutely splendid and entertaining book.” Kevin Ireland, Quote Unquote
“Cunningly plotted … fiendishly twisted …” David Eggleton, NZ Listener
“Witty, irreverent, satirical, outrageous …” Ian Dixon, The Christchurch Press
“… an exciting new voice in our literature.” Howard Warner, New Zealand Books
About the Author
Geoff Palmer is the author of five novels, including the acclaimed young-adult adventure/sci-fi book Too Many Zeros, originally published by Penguin, and the award-winning Telling Stories, winner of the Reed/North & South Fiction Award.
He is also a technical writer specialising in IT-related subjects. His columns have appeared regularly in New Zealand PC World, ComputerWorld, Net Magazine, On MAS and the Sunday Star Times. He authored The IT Contractor’s Handbook (two editions), and contributed to a number of other standalone publications, including Mobile PC – A Guide to Portable Computing, The Internet Plain and Simple and The PC Buyer’s Guide. His clear, concise summary of complex subjects has won him the enthusiastic approval of many readers, and he is the recipient of four Qantas Media Awards for his journalism.
You'll find him at www.geoffpalmer.co.nz