For many years Dan Starkey has been a journalist of some repute - mainly ill. Now he is back with his wife Patricia, and while they try for a baby he is aiming to keep himself out of trouble. Had he not been caught in a rather awkward position when he received a phone call from Big Davie Kincaird, he might not have decided to return to the village of Groomsport. And had he not drunk too much in order to cover the awkwardness of seeing this friend he hasn't known for 25 years, he might not have found himself agreeing to go on honeymoon...in Florida...for three weeks...with Big Davie. What else could possibly go wrong?

'Extremely funny, brilliantly dark, addictively readable and possibly Colin Bateman's best book to date' Loaded -- Loaded 20040401 'Bateman writes with the potential danger of a sharpened steel comb. This novel is immediate, adult, mad and often hilarious' Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 3/4/04 -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner 20040403 'Fast and furious... Laugh-a-minute lad lit' Daily Mirror 26/3/04 -- Daily Mirror 20040326 'A fast-paced, violent tale of law-breaking brilliance' Zoo magazine 25/3/04 -- Zoo magazine 20040325 'Bateman is the funniest writer Ireland has produced since Roddy Doyle' Irish Post, 17/4/04 -- Irish Post 20040417 'A book to make us all feel just that little bit happier about simply being alive' Word magazine, June 2004 -- Word magazine 20040601 '[DRIVING BIG DAVIE has] one of the most arresting opening paragraphs in modern fiction' Birmingham Post, 29/05/04 -- Birmingham Post 20040529 'Extremely funny, brilliantly dark, addictively readable and possibly Colin Bateman's best book to date' Loaded -- Loaded 20040401 'Fast and furious... Laugh-a-minute lad lit' Daily Mirror 26/3/04 -- Daily Mirror 20040326 'Bateman is the funniest writer Ireland has produced since Roddy Doyle' Irish Post, 17/4/04 -- Irish Post 20040417

Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.