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This book is brilliant. It's not quite McIlvanney (the father of Tartan Noir) but it's very close. Like the Laidlaw trilogy, it takes place in Glasgow in the early 70s and it was, by all accounts, pretty bleak.
It is quite violent. You won't like it if you want heroes and villains because the good guys aren't 100% good and the overt bad guys aren't 100% bad although the covert bad guys are evil through and through.
Parks isn't quite as funny as McIlvanney and he certainly isn't as skilled a writer but this book is a must for anyone who likes British police procedurals and particularly for those who like Rankin or MacBride.
Highly recommended.
It is quite violent. You won't like it if you want heroes and villains because the good guys aren't 100% good and the overt bad guys aren't 100% bad although the covert bad guys are evil through and through.
Parks isn't quite as funny as McIlvanney and he certainly isn't as skilled a writer but this book is a must for anyone who likes British police procedurals and particularly for those who like Rankin or MacBride.
Highly recommended.
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