MR Lindsay C Ross

Hugo MR Lindsay C Ross

The unexploded love-bomb that is Hugo; our supremely talented, selectively-mute, teenage boxing sensation from the Isle of Skye. He is in love, mainly with Charlene, occasionally with Eva his boxing compatriot, and with Cara, one of the quadruplet stewardesses on board the mega-yacht Princess Baboushka. Hugo finds himself at the centre of a signing dispute between Max, a partially reformed London gangster and Illich Krakatoyov, a Vladivostok based arms trader and part-time London oligarch. As Max's Mum Eileen and her West Highland Terrier Toots are subjected to some appalling Russian aggression, Max's Chechen enforcer Vlad delivers a crushing retribution. The Metropolitan Police discover that the feud goes much further back in time, and that the oligarch is prepared to use a nuclear option to get what he wants. Hugo's quest for sporting success, and it has to be said, a loving initiation, is paralleled by the ferocious Eva, and Troy, Max's gentle Sunday-league footballing nephew. Self-improvement, larger than life distractions, rampant commercialism and good old-fashioned teenage romance all come together in this immersive, coming-of-age, crime-comedy from the acclaimed author of Perfect Roger.