Pandaemonium

(Paperback)

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The senior pupils of St Peter s High School are on retreat to a secluded outdoor activity centre, coming to terms with the murder of a fellow pupil through the means you would expect: counselling, contemplation, candid discussion and even prayer - not to mention booze, drugs, clandestine liaisons and as much partying as they can get away with.

Not so far away, the commanders of a top-secret military experiment, long-since spiralled out of control, fear they may have literally unleashed the forces of Hell.

Two very different worlds are on a collision course, and will clash in an earthly battle between science and the supernatural, philosophy and faith, civilisation and savagery.

The bookies are offering evens.

Reviews

** A perfect example of the bathos that the Glaswegian satirist uses so effectively, and an indication of the two worlds that are about to collide' ESQUIRE

** The Scottish author sticks to anti-Establishment finger-pointing and satire that is becoming his trademark SHORTLIST

** It s the busload of teenagers who steal the show in a series of quite brilliant and very funny scenes . . . Very well-written, intelligent and daring Harry Ritchie, DAILY MAIL

** (An) imaginative tale Henry Sutton, DAILY MIRROR

** 'This 13th bone-rattling ride of a novel...provide[s] all the thrills and spills Brookmyre's fans have come to expect, while also delivering a thought-provoking comment on the science versus religion debate' SCOTSMAN

** 'In its oddball Tom Stoppard-meets-World of Warcraft way, this is richly subversive fun' TELEGRAPH

** 'Brookmyre is entertaining and intelligent company...Pandaemonium is smart, funny, big-hearted and blood-splattered. What's not to love' GUARDIAN

** 'Edgy, sardonic fiction with its finger on the pulse of modern society is the calling card of the taboo-busting Brookmyre and Pandaemonium is characteristically outrageous stuff' DAILY EXPRESS

** 'A great ear for teenage dialogue in its maddening, superficial, hormone-addled glory' WORD

Author Bio

Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full time novelist with the publication of QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING. Since the publication of A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY he and his family decided to move away from Aberdeen and now live near Glasgow.