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Paul Southern


Paul Southern was a founder member of the indie group Sextus and is now half of a progressive bubblegum group Psychodelicates. He has lived in Ireland, London, Yorkshire and Manchester and is a world expert on Tennyson’s stage plays. The Craze was his first novel.

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Brown Boys in Chocolate
Written by Paul Southern

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Arrow | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-09-946119-7 (0-09-946119-6)

April 25, 2006 | $19.95



The second pulsating Manchester thriller from the author of The Craze.

When Rafi Rafiq and Richard Armitage leave their flat on Thursdays their ambition stretches no further than their giros (welfare cheques) and the betting shop. Bonded from birth, blood cousins through school, failures thereafter, they share everything: draw, food, fags, booze...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Brown Boys in Chocolate
Written by Paul Southern

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Century | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-1-84413-364-2 (1-84413-364-8)

July 4, 2005 | $27.95



The second pulsating Manchester thriller from the author of The Craze.

When Rafi Rafiq and Richard Armitage leave their flat on Thursdays their ambition stretches no further than their giros (welfare cheques) and the betting shop. Bonded from birth, blood cousins through school, failures thereafter, they share everything: draw, food, fags, booze...

Also available as a trade paperback.