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The Enterprise of Death UK Launch

Just when you think living in the UK can't get any better, along comes The Enterprise of Death streeting an honest three weeks before it launches stateside. Many, many thanks to everyone at Orbit for helping me make this an even stronger novel than The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart, all of my friends, family, and beta-readers who advised me along the way, my agent Sally, and, of course, all the historians and historical personages I shamelessly pillaged.

What's that? Early press? Not bad at all, if I may say so. In a recent issue SFX had this to say about the new novel: "...A mix of sardonic wordplay, sordid sex and violent setpieces that crackle with energy. Better still, you really have no idea where the plot might be going...Bullington has the odd Garth Marenghi moment, but this is also in part what makes him worth reading. There's a sense here of a hugely talented novelist finding his voice, working his way through that difficult second novel, and eventually emerging triumphant. In a vamp obsessed era where cityscape cool is the name of the game, Bullington's Rabelaisian vim and his way of twisting folk tales is hugely refreshing."

Let it be known here and forever that I can die happy, having been compared to the Hierophant of Horror--were it not for Marenghi's seminal classic Juggers I wouldn't be the writer I am today.

And then SFRevu says, "Bullington is one of those rare writers who come along once every so often with a truly original vision. His work is quite unlike anything I have previously encountered - it is often sordid and grotesque, yet this is an author capable of great and profound insight, often conveyed via his equally finely tuned sense of the ridiculous. This new novel confirms the first was no fluke and makes it patently clear that Bullington is a very much name to watch. Highly recommended."

I'll be posting more about the book in the coming weeks, and holding another contest sometime soon. In the meantime, I need to thank everyone willing to give this new effort a crack. Fair warning--this is a very different novel than my first one, but then who wants to read the same thing over and over again? I certainly don't have any interest in writing the same sort of book ad nauseam. So give it a go if you're so inclined, and always feel free to tell me what a bad or wonderful person I am for writing it--there'd be no point in writing without readers, and I'm in your debt. Really. Cheers!


 

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