The Tick and the Tock of the Crocodile Clock

<div class=short-review w-richtext><p><strong>Wendy just wants to be a poet. So how comes she's on the run after an art heist?</strong></p><p>‍</p><p>‘May well be the best book I’ve read in years’ - Peter May</p></div><div class=book-description w-richtext><p>An aspiring writer from the Southside of Glasgow Wendy is in a rut. She tries to brighten her call-centre job by shoehorning as many long words as possible into conversations with customers. But her manager isn’t amused by that and after a public dressing-down Wendy walks out.<br><br>Jobless and depressed she finds consolation in a surprise friendship with another disgruntled ex-colleague wild-child painter Cat who encourages her to live more dangerously. It’s just what Wendy needs and it’s also brilliant for her creative juices. But a black cloud is about to overshadow this new-found liberation as well as to put Wendy on the wrong side of the law.</p><p>Fresh insightful and funny as well as unflinchingly honest about the tougher side of life Kenny Boyle’s debut novel takes us deep into the psyche of a likeable misfit who treads a fine line between reality and fantasy – and just wants the world to see her true self.</p></div>