“I thought Ten Pound Note was absolutely brilliant. Such a simple concept, following a ten pound note as it passes from person to person, but Russ manages to use it to capture both the simplicity of being human and all the incredible complexities that come with it.”
Russ Barr · British Author
Sharp, darkly comic fiction about people, power and bad decisions.
I’m Russ Barr, author of Ten Pound Note and War Inc. My novels combine big ideas, flawed characters and twists you won’t see coming.
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Ten Pound Note
Darkly comic contemporary fiction
London, 1995. One tenner. Twelve lives.
Fresh from the mint, a ten-pound note carries one peculiar flaw: the Queen appears to be winking. As it moves through twelve lives across 1995 London, it passes among the lost, lonely, violent and desperate. Each person leaves a mark, and a chain of chance encounters begins to reveal something darker, stranger and more human. A gritty, darkly comic novel about fate, survival and the connections we never see coming.
“Nostalgic, funny, tense, with great characters and a very well written story.”
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“Such a fun concept, following a ten pound note around the streets of London in the 90's! It is nostalgic, funny, tense, with great characters and a very well written story.”
“Another great read from Russ Barr. This is a fast paced story with a clever way of showing how closely connected we all are.”
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Meet Russ
Russ Barr writes character-led fiction with heart and soul, sometimes dark, sometimes funny, but always trying to scratch beneath the surface of the human condition.
He is drawn to flawed characters, broken systems and the absurdity that often sits just beneath the surface of serious things.
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