Spares

Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls — we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own…

Spares – human clones, the ultimate health insurance. An eye for an eye — but some people are doing all the taking. Spares – the story of Jack Randall: burnt-out, dropped out, and way overdrawn at the luck bank. But as caretaker on a Spares Farm, he still has a choice, and it might make a difference… if he can run fast enough. Spares – a breathless race through strange, disturbing territories in a world all too close to our own. Spares – it’s fiction. But only just…

Michael Marshall Smith was born and raised — itinerantly — in the USA and the UK. Since leaving university he has been writing for radio, movies, TV and print. He lives in North London, where he provides a warm place for his cats to sleep.