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Colin Bateman Books

    June 1, 1962

    Colin Bateman, a former journalist from Northern Ireland, has established himself as a celebrated novelist. His works are characterized by a keen insight into human nature, often exploring complex interpersonal dynamics. Bateman's writing style is skillful and engaging, drawing readers into his narratives with a compelling voice. His prose is lauded for its authenticity and emotional resonance, making his stories deeply impactful.

    Colin Bateman
    Thunder and Lightning
    Embroidered Country Gardens
    The Dead Pass
    Empire State
    How to Teach French Phonetics
    Crossmaheart

    • Empire State

      4.3(21)Add rating

      EMPIRE STATE is a vintage Bateman adventure: wild, romantic and darkly, dangerously funny.

      Empire State

    • The Dead Pass

      Dan Starkey returns! An exciting, compelling, endlessly inventive new novel featuring one of Bateman's best loved characters.

      The Dead Pass

    • Embroidered Country Gardens

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Learn how to embroider all the elements of a typical English country garden and then apply your knowledge to create twelve exciting projects to keep or give as gifts.

      Embroidered Country Gardens

    • Thunder and Lightning

      Colin Bateman grew up in the pleasant seaside town of Bangor in Northern Ireland. Ten miles away, the IRA, the UDA and the UVF were blowing Belfast apart, but he was more concerned with making his first million through the GBA - the Gerbil Breeding Association (sadly short-lived when his gerbils turned out to be cannibals). Inspired by All the President' s Men and The Odessa File to become a crusading journalist, Bateman joined the local paper when he was a seventeen-year-old punk rocker, where instead of bringing down Presidents and finding Nazis, he found himself being hunted down by the notorious Kilcooley Strollers, a dance troupe with an axe to grind.So close to the Troubles, yet so far away - Thunder and Lightning is the story of one boy' s journey through the rather soft side of life in a town which lacked tough streets but boasted many cul-de-sacs. A town where an occasional terrorist bomb was seen as an opportunity to profiteer and where his father became a paramilitary by accident.

      Thunder and Lightning

    • Nine Inches

      4.1(25)Add rating

      Dan Starkey returns! An hilarious, compelling, endlessly inventive new novel featuring one of Bateman's best loved characters

      Nine Inches

    • The Day of the Jack Russell

      4.1(81)Add rating

      MYSTERY MAN, the first novel in this brilliant new series, was a Richard & Judy choice in 2009 and has sold over 100,000 copies

      The Day of the Jack Russell

    • Wild About Harry

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(4)Add rating

      Adapted for film, but also a bona-fide Bateman novel in its own right, WILD ABOUT HARRY is this 'dark and brilliant champion of words' at his very best.

      Wild About Harry