Barcelona Plates - Alexei Sayle



 One of the weirdest books I ever read.

It's not for the faint hearted.

The humour is black, cynical and sadistic at times.

Sometimes stories start quite normal, but suddenly derail and end in a blood thirsty ending.

All in all it was quite a new experience to me, I don't expect to see anything like it soon.

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