The Guts

C. E. Grimes

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English

Puncher & Wattman
01 April 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Australian Fiction

After being violently warned off a story, investigative journalist Adam Osprey has pretty much resigned himself to the easy life of lifestyle journalism, eating and drinking for a living. But his old instincts are triggered when a mysterious message on his computer interrupts his research for an article on Sydney's best restaurant toilets.

Justine has returned to Sydney after a stint working in Africa as an aid worker. Many of her friends are beginning to get married and have babies.

She is getting itchy feet when a chance meeting with an old lover in a pub leads to a dangerous, somewhat repulsive mission.

Roger Houston, Minister for Development in the Sporty Party, is one of the old school, whose career in politics has followed a buffet logic of hedonism and self-enrichment. But just when it looks as if he has succeeded in becoming the master puppeteer, the disappearance of Alexander Parker MP sets in train a surprising series of events.

The Guts is a sharp literary thriller about Sydney's power, politics and lifestyle obsessions as the internet began to change everything.

By: C. E. Grimes
Imprint: Puncher & Wattman
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9781923099609
ISBN 10: 1923099604
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

C. E. Grimes worked in politics and journalism without excelling at either of them. He has also worked as an English language teacher, prawn trawler fisherman, short-order cook, and roof insulation installer. He lives in an off-grid tiny house in the Illawarra hinterland and sells homemade fermented produce at markets around the area. The Guts is his first book.