Overview

"'This is the story of how I became a serial killer. And I know that sounds bad - you hear ""serial killer"" and immediately you think: ""bad egg"". But bear with me. I'm the exception that proves the rule. I'm a good guy, and the nicest multiple murderer in history. You'll see...' So begins the increasingly incendiary confession of Amsterdam tour guide, confused Buddhist and all-round mostly good guy, Wesley Bell. After seven years of non-violence, Wesley's dream of a world without sociopaths is given a boost when, entirely by chance, he's caught up in a pair of fortuitous freak fatalities. Then when yet more toxic humans cross his path, Wesley is faced with a choice: does he sit back and allow these soulless trolls to wreak their terrible havoc? Or does he take arms against a sea of misogynistic man-demons, and strike a blow for the greater good? (It's the latter.) Join him."

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"""Very funny and utterly unique."" - Adam Kay ""Does for tour guides what Trainspotting did for junkies."" - Carlos Valencia ""A love letter to both Amsterdam and the human race ... such a clever piece of fiction ... a really, really enjoyable ride."" - James Lark ""If you like Amsterdam, general debauchery or morally ambiguous violence, this is the book for you. Highly entertaining read!"" - Mike Wendling ""I haven't laughed so much for a long time. Could not put this book down ... a massive hit."" - Jackie Baxter ""Funny, intriguing, dark, not for the faint-hearted."" - Dorf Young ""Just as brilliant, if not even more brilliant, as The Lives and Loves of Hana Lee - which blew me away."" - Eva G ""Devoured the whole thing in just a few late nights ... I'm already looking forward to reading it again."" - Niall Doherty ""A fun read where I snorted with laughter many many times but also moments of surprising emotional depth ... nothing better than laughing with tears in your eyes."" - Ryuko Reid ""Incredibly enjoyable ... hectic, unpredictable, psychedelic...."" - Lincoln LeBleu ""It's shocking, it's funny, and it's highly unusual ... Dark but funny and clever...."" - Karen Crombie ""Funny, sincere and utterly entertaining, I couldn't put this one down."" - Natalie Aconitum ""A deliciously sinful journey of death, sex, and life as a tour guide in Amsterdam."" - Zeb Marvin ""Intimate, funny, very clever and provides an exciting and interesting view on how to deal with sociopaths.... I read it in two days."" - Josjah Kunkeler ""The funniest serious book I ever read. Or the most serious funny book maybe. "" - Tol Sayers"

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Karl Webster has written everything from dictionary definitions to Radio 4 comedy scripts, from translations for Italian cigarette-making machines to underground marketing campaigns for Hollywood films. He has also worked as a researcher, an editor, a professional blogger, an actor, a travel writer, a teacher and a landscape gardener, of sorts. He was once fired by Loaded magazine whilst working for a different magazine entirely. He laughs about that.He wrote the book 'Bête de Jour: : The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man' under the name Stan Cattermole and as part of a rather strained publicity campaign, he appeared on Canada AM and GMTV with a paper bag on his head.His writing has been compared to the work of Kurt Vonnegut, Irvine Welsh, William Leith, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. Furthermore, he was once accused of 'hovering somewhere between Dostoevsky, Wodehouse and Adrian Mole'.

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