Books by Barrie Sherwood
Escape from Amsterdam
Aozora’s been playing too much mah-jong and now he’s deep in debt. When Aunt Okane (‘big money’) dies and leaves a collection of priceless ukiyo-e prints to him and his sister – Mai – he thinks his problems are solved.
But Mai’s disappeared and he can’t liquidate the estate without her. So begins a picaresque quest that takes Aozora to the deep south of Japan and the surreal setting of a Dutch theme park called Amsterdam ...
“Dryly comic, utterly laconic. Sherwood is just as happy to reference the bizarre world of a Murukami novel as he is the ridiculously OTT gun-fests of Pulp Fiction. Crucially though, he shapes these modern ciphers into a strange - and engagingly literary - coming-of-age novel, too. A great escape.” Metro
“Edgy, sexy, and comic, with plenty of zip” Financial Times
“Energetically and elegantly written ... Sherwood is an immensely readable talent.” Irish Times
World Rights: Granta
US: St Martin’s Press