
Purple People (Paperback)
Kate Bulpitt (author)- In stock
A curious scheme is afoot in Blighty. Attempting to tackle spiralling levels of crime and anti-social behaviour, the government has a new solution: to dye offenders purple.
For once, even journalist Eve Baxter is shocked - she's spent years gathering the world's weird and wacky news, but has never seen anything as loopy as this. Learning of these shamed 'bruises on society', the nation is agog - and divided. There's anger and agreement, protest and debate. Oh, green and pleasant and now purple land...
But still, there's a mystery to be solved: just how do the transformations to Purpleness occur? Transfixed by clues and conspiracies, Eve wonders if this could be her route into real news. And when her friends and family are affected by the Purple scheme, she begins to investigate...
Publisher: Unbound
ISBN: 9781912618729
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'JOYOUS. The concept is brilliant! It really made me laugh. I love the quickfire wit and bold characters. It is warm, witty, wildly imaginative and utterly original. A satirical delight!' Emma Jane Unsworth
'That rare thing, a warm-hearted satire. Witty and emotional, it has teeth AND a heart' David Quantick
'A genre busting tale that keeps you reading at a frantic clip. A novel of serious intent with a big, funny, generous heart. I loved it' Kate Hamer
'Though based around a striking and original, speculative central premise, Purple People is no one-trick pony: this is also a novel about family, relationships and human contact. A healthy, happy, slap of satirical Dettol for these septic and scary days' Jonathan Trigell
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“Highly recommend!!!”
People have started to say that satire is dead, that the real world has killed it. I can’t go along with that theory, having read Kate Bulpitt’s inspired Purple People. True, the premise of the book is wildly... More
“A fun synopsis which promises a funny read”
I didn't know the author, the publisher and I had never heard of the book before, but I read the synopsis and I was sold. The government in Britain has a great new idea to tackle spiralling levels of crime and... More
“Good British Humour”
It was the cover that caught my eye before I’d even read about what was on the inside, I’m a sucker for a nice bit of fingerprint art and I love those naughty criminals on the front of Purple People!
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