Sinker

Sinker catapults readers into the life of law dropout Baker Forley as he signs up for the world’s most controversial and deadly sport, professional drinking. If he plays it right, wins some games and gets out early enough, he might just escape with money, self-respect and at least some of his health.

Sponsored by a struggling singles bar back in Derry, Baker and his licentious American coach Ratface head to sun-baked Mallorca for the infamous Bullfight boozing battle. As protests rage over the rights and wrongs of the reviled sport, he takes his seat alongside some of its most colourful combatants.

But the heat plays havoc with the ginger Irishman’s game and a drunken glance at a mysterious Arabian beauty earns a decisive punch from her bodyguard. Her husband, a beer-swilling Saudi oil baron, invites Baker and Ratface to his extraordinary, Gaudi-designed home to make amends – and makes a cash offer they can’t refuse.

As illicit lust flares in the boiling heat, Baker soon learns the real reason he’s there – he’s about to be framed for murder. After days of industrial-level drinking - and dealing with Ratface’s random groping - can he break free?

Inspired by the power and complexity of addiction Sinker is a thrilling, yet irreverent yet often joyful take on a hopeless but changing male drinking culture.

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