‘“Hundreds of famous brains,” beamed the newsgirl … “What. A. Mess.”’ Even Atom, a detective who harasses anyone who comes near him, wants to get to the bottom of what happened on the night the City Brain Facility blew up. Blince, Benny, mobster Eddie Thermidor and the other denizens of Beerlight wonder what the hell he’s doing. Bugs, brain-stealing and inevitable thermonuclear disaster are all given due consideration in this close-wired novel, where even the president’s penchant for bestiality comes with little surprise.<br><div>There's no such thing as a normal angle – it's just not done that way. <br><br>‘A jaw-droppingly dark and funny work’ <br>Guardian</div>
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Steve Aylett. Atom
1 ATOM AND DROWNER
2 THE NUMB TOWN
3 WE’VE BEEN COURTEOUS
4 THE BLACK BURDEN
5 THERE GOES MY GUN
6 THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED
7 HOMECOMING
8 HORSE FEATHERS
9 NAPOLEON IN THE DESERT
10 MUTANT JAZZ
11 THE GAT MAN
12 WHATEVER YOU ARE IS STARTING TO SHOW
13 THE INFORMER’S GIFT
14 EUROPE AFTER THE RAIN
15 ONE IN THE EYE FOR JUSTICE
16 A DREAM
17 THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH
18 OUT OF SPACE
19 THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
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The city sprawled like roadkill, spreading more with each new pressure. A grey rain slicked Placebo Street - cars slewed through smoke and collided with pieces of the Brain Facility. Little flames dotted the rubble like zippos in a darkened stadium.
Cradling a guilty treasure, Harry Fiasco stumbled through diced masonry. Squadcar cherry lights strobed his eager face. ‘I’m number one,’ he thought. ‘I’m the business. Look at me walkin’ away without even a dent in my hair.’
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‘So whattya want, a receipt for the bullet?’
‘Well it’s kinda embarrassin’ Mr Atom - but I kinda missed the guy and he ran as fast as his arms and legs could take him. Now he’s hidin’ out - but see Mr Atom, I aint seein’ Kitty no more. And Fiasco bein’ one of the mob’s boys, I don’t wanna get found in the weeds or somethin’ so I wanna get to Fiasco and tell him it’s all square somehow. And I got ten thousand smackers here says you’ll find him before I can say somethin’ interestin’.’
