![]() We’re served an homage to zombie apocalypse movies. ![]() He includes witty lines and observations Pratchettesque in their pointiness. In Apocalypse Cow Michael Logan gives us a fast-paced dark comedy stuffed with violence, sprinkled with sex, not unreminiscent of Tom Sharpe’s work. The competition’s requirements boil down to alternative, imaginative, weird – which is a broad remit. The winning novels, Apocalypse Cow and Half-Sick of Shadows are more different than chalk and cheese, which at least are both high in calcium. More than 500 manuscripts came chasing the £20,000 prize for previously unpublished novelists, and ultimately it was split between two winners, Michael Logan and David Logan (no relation). Last year saw the launch of the Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now First Novel Award. ![]()
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