A young adult urban thriller. X RATED Michael Deer should have killed me, then I wouldn't have to worry about being gay. Believe it or not though, being gay is not my biggest problem. Josh is missing. Dad owes money to a gangster called Charlie Farthin... so he's sold my little brother, Josh, to get some cash. Now I have to find him and buy him back. A DARK COMIC THRILLER PLAYED OUT ON THE MEAN STREETS OF COLCHESTER AND A DUCK FARM IN SUFFOLK * * 'How the author was able to get into the mind of a fifteen-year-old lost boy and write so eloquently from his perspective, from his descriptions of the world as he sees it to the realistic dialogue, is beyond commendable, pure genius.' IL (New York) ** The story begins as the adolescent, pursued by the police and hungry, enters a fish and chip shop with a roll of bank notes in one pocket and a gun in the other. The hood of his jacket hides the same face that occupies the screen of the television flickering away in the corner. A voice from behind the counter orders him to remove the hood, "or you'll not be served." The story is amusingly narrated in strong Estuary English by the boy; he tells how he has ended up in the predicament he's in... and what happens next - does he lower his hood? Does he use the gun? 'Gift From A Fat Fairy' is the violent but heart-rending story of a fifteen year old boy whose world is one of abusive parents, the only law is the law of the streets and education is for other kids. Low in self esteem, he's easily led; the pressure is weighted towards a life of crime and delinquency, nothing else is considered. However, two events on the same day turn his life upside down; he is sexually assaulted, which leads him to question his own sexuality, and his younger brother disappears. Are the two connected? He can't go to the police about his brother in case they find out about the other The only option is to solve the case himself, and he enters a world of serious crime; bent policemen, big time gangsters, murder and modern day slavery. He finds out that his father owes money to a local gangster, and when parcels of cash start to drop though the letter box he puts two and two together... his dad has sold his brother. Over a ten day period he is tortured and wined and dined by the underworld, he encounters vicious Rottweilers, is involved in a massive shoot-out at a duck farm, and becomes the UK's most wanted criminal. Then he enters a fish and chip shop.