There was a character called The Doveston in a book I read
At the roll calls in the school in the book there were always kids dying due to drive bys. But the school was in Britain. And from there the humour arouse.
( magnum, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 20:41, archived)

I think it was a Robert Rankin book

( magnum, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 21:01, archived)

www.amazon.co.uk/Snuff-Fiction-Robert-Rankin/dp/0552145904
( magnum, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 21:02, archived)