On the Up
Mysteries and crime stories, General fiction, Humourous fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
In this wild stylish wickedly funny debut Shilo Jones charts the journey of three players caught in a high-stakes property development--a dangerous and depraved game that plays out behind the veneer of everyday city life Jasminder is… determined Carl is blitzed Mark is righteous Unfortunately they ve pitted themselves against one another and they re throwing everything they have at the same condo development in North Vancouver The Solstice deal promises what they want most for themselves--freedom respect status wealth--and it is their chance to be truly on the up Over the course of a week the trio vie for their piece But there are complex personal obstacles standing in the way for each Jasminder Bansal an aspiring journalist with a powerful ambition and a family connection to gangland violence is playing a dangerous game to get the information she needs from a slick property lawyer with links to an international criminal boss Carl Blitzo Reed co-founder of an ecological investment firm has a wildly distorted sense of reality and a morally questionable connection to the property Mark Ward a veteran of the Afghanistan War with a strong conscience is barely coping with the effects of PTSD but he s forced to call on the skills he has learned as a soldier in order to repay a debt to his criminal brother Clint Jasminder Blitzo and Mark use anything at their disposal to pursue their goals and no one is left untouched speculators government officials realtors activists builders day-labourers investors lawyers--not even a potbellied pig On the Up introduces Shilo Jones as a writer with a singular voice Here he gives us a raucous biting satire packed with bleak humour outrageous characters and pathos that shows us what can happen when greed desperation will loyalty and an insatiable desire for status collide