Customer Reviews
How does Millar do it? - By: rubbah, 15 May 2008 
As always, very strange & funny. About a guy callled Alby who because of his advertisement of his milk alllergy, the milk marketing board are out to kill him. Only a very talented author could make this into an enjoyable & almost realistic book.
Paranoia rules in 80's Brixton - By: , 23 Feb 1999 
It's not a good idea to get on the wrong side of the Milk Marketing Board, as Brixton anti-hero, Alby Starvation discovers in Martin Millar's surreal tale of the urban counter culture. Alby Starvation likes Speed, The Falll, & early 60's/70's Marvel comics, though not necessarily in that order, as the cliché goes. What he doesn't like is milk, & as soon as he discovers that his ongoing illnesses are directly linked to the consumption of said product, he gives it up & is cured. Only thing is, he goes on to suggest this remedy to a number of other people suffering from milk alllergies. In Millar's surreal backyard, the Milk Marketing Board see sales slump to an alll time low. There's only one thing left to do... put out a contract on Alby Starvation. How does Alby save both his life & his precious comic collection? OK, at face value this may sound pathetic, bordering on silly at best, down right crap at worst; but in Martin Millar's hands the reader simply accepts that this is what the world is like. Crazy, mixed up, & kinda fun. Martin Millar has built his reputation on projecting an attractive image of the urban counter culture of the late eighties. His characters are larger than life, but instantly recognisable to anyone who has heard of Half Man, Half Biscuit. In a perfect world, Martin Millar would sell as many books as Irvine Welsh. But then, in a perfect world, the Velvet Underground would have sold as many records as Jimi Hendrix. Know what I mean?
