Books

Rotten Apple by Simon Dunn

A noir-crime-suspense-thriller parody. The hard-boiled detective, the down-to-earth stripper, the embittered hack, the mad psycho, the sultry brief, the gentleman thief – they all live in the Rotten Apple. But who is the mysterious new killer stalking through the seedy core of the city? Reader Reviews “Don’t read this in a public place, you won’t…

January 29, 2012
Six Bullets by Simon Dunn

Six bullets. Seven terrorists. Everyone else on board was dead. The Bjørg Istad is the world’s largest container ship, and she’s on her maiden voyage. Trond Nystrand has stowed away, running from a terrible secret. Halfway to his new life, Trond wakes up to the sound of gunfire, heralding the arrival of seven terrorists intent…

July 13, 2011

Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…