Peril
"Barnes shows again the skill he put into The Baptist.  His prose is artfully fluent and understatedly witty.  His feel for characters is sound, and all of them are well drawn and interesting.  Ger, in particular, is a wonderfully convincing and amusing creation. Barnes, at his most distinctive, demonstrates his sure feel and ability to describe aberrant psychology at the level of the everyday and believable.A picaresque novel in which the reader follows the  twists and turns of our deplorable hero's career.  A book out of the ordinary run and very readable."Jim Williams, Booker Prize nominee