North of Nowhere Sebastian Faulks Jacob is not helpless

Jacob is not helpless

In this staggeringly brilliant novel

with thanks and best wishes" by Dick Francis and Felix Francis

in strict violation of the terms of neutrality

The Grandparent

North of Nowhere Sebastian Faulks Jacob is not helpless'That summer, it was all about secrets I already had one bullet inside me. I knew I didn't have room for another.' Alex McKnight rarely ventures out from his home these days, even to spend time at his friend Jackie's Glasgow Inn he's had enough of getting his ass kicked. Even as he lets Jackie force him out one night for a poker game at a stranger's house, Alex is certain it's a bad idea. When the genial atmosphere rapidly deteriorates, he starts to