Bad News

If Richard Linklater's movie "e;Boyhood"e; is a window to an alternate take on modern life, Francis Skelton's "e;Bad News"e; throws the corpse of a tabloid journalist, pocket full of fifties in a gimp suit, through that window. What starts as a little current affairs section on his website, late in 2003, launches Skelton on a righteous crusade, a tirade of passion and laughter, that mutates into his second novel, "e;Bad News"e;. And "e;Bad News"e; is News like no other, with headlines like: Britain says NO to Sky Marshals"e;-"e;Media Machine Gun"e;-"e;Detention Lite"e;-"e;Cat Killer"e;. Readers describe Skelton's first novel "e;Untitled"e; as "e;Blistering"e;, "e;Wickedly funny and achingly sad"e;, "e;Passion, energy, wit, commitment and insight"e; (Irvine Welsh). And "e;Bad News"e; offers the same emotional velocity. As Skelton puts it, "e;If I can give even one person insight into experiences that help them critically assess and improve their own life, take a chance to be happy, I will have done what I set out to do."e; That person could be you.