A hilarious bungled suicide attempt and a subsequent stay in hospital set Jimmy Gee on a life course he could never have imagined. With his new best pal, the practical joker Kevin from the hospital’s suicide ward, Jimmy starts a business like no other: “Quitters” will seek out the suicidal who, like Jimmy, couldn’t quite bring it off, and offer them assistance. Not assistance in coping—assistance in killing themselves! A funny, smart and outrageous tale of best buddies who learn that life really is for living.
“Energetic, imaginative, relentlessly and unabashedly vulgar.” —Booklist
"Darkly comic story unwinds with plenty of surprises.” —ForeWord
Andy Tilley grew up in Manchester, England, not far from Jimmy Gee, the hero of Recycling Jimmy. He credits that city, with its many urban philosophers and sharp wits, for the originality of his voice. Recycling Jimmy is his debut novel.
An outrageous romp into "suicide for profit" and the darkest aspects of human nature, told with brilliant black humor and a zest for life.
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"Recycling Jimmy is energetic, imaginative, relentlessly and unabashedly vulgar, and at times, funny enough to make a cranky reviewer laugh out loud. This belongs on every eccentric fiction fan's short list of oddball black comedies..." BooklistRead full review.
"Darkly comic story unwinds with plenty of surprises."
A bungled, hilarious suicide attempt and a subsequent stay in hospital set Jimmy on a life course he could never have imagined.
With his new best pal, the practical joker Kevin from the hospital’s suicide ward, Jimmy starts a business like no other: “Quitters” will seek out the suicidal who, like Jimmy, couldn’t quite bring it off, and offer them assistance. Not assistance in coping—assistance in killing themselves!
The terms? The suicides must be spectacular, and the “suicidees” will be filmed as they end their lives in a blaze of glory. The resulting DVD will be sold online. Jimmy is convinced that human nature makes people eager to pay to see the less fortunate in their final moments on earth.
It’s a crazy plan and the two fast-talking, wise-cracking Manchester lads nearly make it work. Their first two suicides go off brilliantly, all captured on film just as planned. But the third goes terribly wrong, and one of them is charged with murder and jailed.
After a final, terrible practical joke by Kevin, a chastened Jimmy, wiser and more compassionate, resolves to put what he has learned about human suffering to better use by helping those desperate souls who want to end their lives. He calls his new venture the “Recycling Centre.”
Recycling Jimmy is funny, smart and outrageous, a tale of best buddies who learn that life really is for living.
USA and International Distribution: Independent Publishers Group (IPG) Canadian Distribution: Canadian Manda Group
About the Author
Andy Tilley grew up in Manchester, England, not far from Jimmy Gee, the hero of Recycling Jimmy. He credits that city, with its many urban philosophers and sharp wits, for the originality of his voice.
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