Crust (2003) by Mark Locke

Guy Hands, chief executive of U. K. buyout firm Terra Firma, lost nearly 34 million as a result of investments in films including the bizarre tale of a sevenfoot boxing shrimp. Hands is one of 75 investors who were encouraged to invest in a number of films through a company called Little Wing Films, claim tax relief and make an almost immediate profit. Hands said he had to repay more than 15 million in disallowed relief to the Inland Revenue, plus 2. 3 million in interest, after the investment failed to achieve the intended tax benefits. Hands invested in three projects in 2001 and 2002, including a comedy called Crust featuring a sevenfoot mutant shrimp washed up on a British beach and taught to box by a drunken pub landlord.