Dreamland

Nick Carmody is a has-been crime reporter who lives with a fellow subeditor, her daughter and an arthritic greyhound. His life seems average until he attends the wake of an old classmate. Nick soon finds himself embroiled in the nefarious objectives of a tycoon. A naïve and desperate act, partly fuelled by his restricted finances, will cast him into a world of payoffs and perjury. There’s no turning back when you sell your soul. He knows this well, so one night he leaves it all behind in an attempt to escape his dilemma. But sinister forces are at work and the past is not something that can always be relinquished. Someone’s always lurking in the shadows, and people are not always what they seem.

This is a plot that unravels perfectly like a Hollywood movie. There are twists and turns with a fair share of serendipitous occurrences. Gilling has done a good job at holding the reader’s attention thanks to the brevity of his style. He also displays a unique insight into human psychology. Dreamland is in many ways an indictment of our tabloid culture. A great read!