Chamber Music

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Meet Bane. Meet his ex-missus. And a crew of Yardies, and crack-addled cults, and trigger-happy drug lords... It's Manchester, 1998, and the funeral party for Henry Bane's father is interrupted by a woman from Bane's past. R isin is back in his life after an eight-year absence, inconvenient for Jan, his latest flame. R isin has brought a wounded boyfriend with her - and a lot more trouble is following them up north. Meanwhile, a Yardie who goes by the name of 'Hagfish' wants to take over the local ganglords' territory with Mary, his terrifying weapon of choice. It's Hagfish against Bane in a new turf war- a war that will claim lives and cement vendettas. It's a conflict steeped in half-forgotten history- a history that Bane and R isin are forever tied to - and which ties them together.

Reviews

If The Doll Princess was a startlingly original reimagining of noir, then Benn has upped his own game. Chamber Music takes all the genres most potent elements and makes them new and vital again. -- Cathi Unsworth * Guardian *
Its so good, I almost forgot to breathe. -- Tom Adair * Scotsman *
Superb...The result is a kind of Guy Ritchie-esque gangster comedy with infinitely more depth. -- Jake Kerridge * Daily Telegraph *
A startlingly new, ridiculously stylish, home-grown voice -- Henry Sutton * Daily Mirror *
One of the most exciting young British novelists working in any genre. * Shotsmag *

Author Bio

Tom Benn was born in 1987, and grew up in Stockport. He is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing MA and was the recipient of the 2009 Malcolm Bradbury bursary. His first novel, The Doll Princess, was shortlisted for the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and the Portico Prize, and longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Dagger. Chamber Music was published in 2013.