Tried to purchase this book but was unable to. Bittery disappointed.

Try finding it on Amazon.com. Think it's well worth the effort of tracking it down! 

Disappointed is probably not the word! And I guess that applies to the other 93,741 people on Glocals who haven't managed to buy this heart-breakingly brilliant work of staggering genius yet!

Oh. My. God.

With nothing better to do on a cool Sunday night in Geneva due to a lack of glocals events, I decided to track down this highly acclaimed novel. On finally finding at Amazon.com (note, this is not available on Amazon.co.uk), I hesitated only slightly before shelling out the exorbitant amount of $1.00 and having the book fly through the air to my kindle app. The reason for my hesitation was my limited pocket money due to my current lack of employment. After all, $1.00 buys me a complete mouthful of coffee at Boreal, so this was a tough choice to have to make - the coffee or the book? Thankfully the book won, and I have just spent the most delightful 3 minutes reading the whole 12 pages, unable to put my iPad down or even glance away for a second. This is indeed as promised the most riveting, stimulating kindle book I have ever purchased (so far, it is the only kindle book I have ever purchased, but don't let that get in the way of a good review). I highly recommend this book for anyone who has ever wanted to carelessly throw away $1.00 and three minutes of their lives. I sat on the edge of my seat and turned fifty shades of pink (paralyzed by the amazingly good grammar and writing style), as I held my breath  from start to finish. My only disappointment was doing a glocals search when I had finished reading  for Alina90 and not finding her.  

Holy cocks! a very stimulating read indeed. 

if you like "In the Cover" books, there is "Valuta in the cover" on kindle (amazon.co.uk) or lulu.com

i wish it would have had the same success:-)

I actually bought it from Amazon UK for 0.77p as downloaded to my Ipad. It makes for great reading on journeys like planes and trains or wherever you have 30 minutes to kill. It will definitely make your journey shorter and make you smile as well.

Rich, what a great title, how did you think of that one ! what creativity! and the the cover layout and colour scheme and font. really nice indeed

well done!

Thanks Roger. Although I think the main this is to make the story itself engaging and interesting for the reader rather than the cover (by the way, your name appears in black font).

This was a reworking of what would've happened if Jim Prideaux from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy hadn't have been shot and escaped. Other nods go to James Mitchell's Callan for his stoicism and ruthlessness and the name of the company he worked for was a tip of the cap towards James Bond's 'Universal Exports'.

The locations are from the months I spent in Znojmo and Moravské. And is of course a work of fiction, Von Throbber being a retired MI6 agent. 

The main thing is people enjoy reading it.

30 minutes? Either I am a speed reader, or you are a slow one ;-)

When I went to Amazon UK it said "pricing information not available" and there was no way to buy it. Not sure why, but anyway managed to find it on amazon.com.

Not sure what the exchange rate is, but sounds like you got a bargain Lucy. I thought $1.00 was pretty reasonable considering the excellent content.

I didn't actually say it took me 30 minutes. I was just giving a timescale that it was possible to read it in. However some people do read faster than others, so it may well take somene 30 minutes to read.

I agree 0.77p was a bargain I would have definitely paid at least £2 for it. It was well written and humourous and an excellent read. Ilook forward to reading the next book. 

£2?! Wow, you must have liked it a lot - for me that would be two mouthfuls of coffee, I would really have hesitated with that price tag, but am sure eventually my sense of literary duty would have prevailed. It is always good to support struggling novice authors and I do hope that when I finish writing my book someone will do the same for me one day!

I hope it's going to be called "26 years and counting". I would pay for a verbal account.

I too was able to acquire this masterpiece for a mere 77p on amazon.co.uk and would happily have paid up to £1.27 for it.  And 30 minutes is a great amount of time to put by for it - just think how many times you could reread it then!

Rich von Throbber - surely the next Noble Laureate?

Thanks Emma. Yeah, I guess you have to re-read it several times as it's layered that way to deal with various subtle subtexts you don't pick up on the first time. 

Second installment in the trilogy is almost ready and I'm working on the third when they whole thing comes together and any unresolved questions are answered. Betcha can't wait!

Thanks? I don't understand.

Oh crickey, you're not.....you're.... really?  Wow! I never clicked.  I now feel truly humbled to know such a hero.

So, three books in the pipeline...one that could potentially outsell EL James and the others entering into literary history....we need a book signing event! 

Here was the last book reading I did. Unfortunately as I only published it on Kindle that would mean I'd have to scratch my name inthe Kindle or iPad screens.  

Can you give me some idea about when installment 2 will be released for kindle? It's just that I will have to start ordering the petite coffee at Boreal instead of the moyenne fir  the next few weeks so I can save enough money to purchase it. You really have me hooked, and I am not usually a short story fan - I much prefer the long and slow approach to a climax.

Bought it, read it ... can't wait for the film 

Ah the film, of course! And then there'll be the musical.  So much to look forward to.

Yep! In 3-D of course so as to lend a bit more weight to the 'Chateaubriand' scene! 

I have started saving so that I can afford to go and see the movie also. That will be a whole week's worth of coffee at Boreal I have to give up. Not sure how ai will cope, but I think it will be worth the sacrifice.

Juliane, I think your next book should be entitled 'My Borealean love affair : the ultimate climax'

I will accept that as a challenge.

Do we get free 3-D glasses if we buy the film? I will wait patiently as I can for the trilogy.