Imagine you have a job interview and you last saw the person interviewing you clad in full leather gear, pierced, studded, masked and tattooed. This is what happens to Jen when she applies to become a BBC researcher and comes face to face with Stanley Highshore, top-ranking BBC executive and spouse of a Tory MP, also know as 'Stapled Stan'. But now Stan is beset by problems. The production suite has fallen foul of a bunch of eco-warriors and his secret sex life might not be secret for much longer. Stan enlists Jen as his private investigator/protector. It soon becomes clear that the local aquatic shop, Koi Korner, is a front for much a darker business. Comic, fast-paced, edgy and peopled with a fantastic cast of weirdos and misfits, NIRVANA BITES is a brilliant debut from a daring new talent.
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We gave NIRVANA BITES a press date of 19 June, and had a great launch party at the Crow-on-the-Hill Bookshop in Crystal Palace on 12 June (mentioned in the BOOKSELLER on 1 August). They managed to sell over 40 books! Debi also dida Vox 'n' Roll reading at the Mini Bar, Highbury Corner, on Wednesday 25 June, which went very well. Press interviews:My Stop... feature in METRO (23.6.03)BIG ISSUE (30.6.03)'My South London' feature in PULSE (SOUTH LONDON PRESS, 4.7.03, and LEWISHAM MERCURY, 9.7.03) She has written:1,000 word piece for CRIME TIME (to run in the September issue).'Celebrity Critique' in WRITING MAGAZINE (Aug-Sept. issue) Stock signings:Watestones (Piccadilly), Books Etc (Piccadilly), Hatcards, Borders (Charing Cross Road), Blackwells (Charing Cross Road), Borders (Oxford Street), Waterstones (Margaret Street), Books Etc (Oxford Street) and Selfridges. 'Alper...writes with panache and affection about the alternative worlds of co-operative living, new agers and fetishists. She'svery funny...[and] delivers a very entertaining read. A fresh voice we should hear more from.'Cath Staincliffe. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS (28.6.03) 'Bursting with energy, NIRVANA BITES is a brilliantly observed comic triumph, and heralds the arrival of a highly individual and hilarious new voice.'TANGLED WEB'Gripping stuff.'SKYTEXT There has also been a preview in the debut section of PUBLISHING NEWS and a mention in the MIRROR.
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Debi Alper lives in South London. This is her first novel.
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