The Dice Was Loaded from the Start - David Annand Crime After pleading with the gods

After pleading with the gods

For scarlet-haired Kensa

At its heart is the `whodunit' game between writer and reader

Every family has its dramas

jaw-dropping' Luke Kennard

The Dice Was Loaded from the Start - David Annand Crime After pleading with the godsTremendous. An actually funny comic novel as propulsive as any thriller. With savage wit, integrity and tenderness, Annand exposes the complacent nostalgia of a sandwich generation, offering both an elegy and, most impressively, a hope for change. The Dice Was Loaded from the Start is the most fun I've had all year' MATT GREENE, author of The Definitions'David Annand's brilliant comedy of manners is a Howards End for contemporary London . . . Funny,