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Indlæser... The Necessary Death of Lewis Winteraf Malcolm Mackay
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Outstanding debut in the Glasgow Trilogy by Malcolm Mackay. Dark, brooding Glasgow is the perfect setting for these gangland characters beautifully brought to life by Mackay. His staccato, rapid-fire writing style is ideally suited to the story he tells. There isn't the range of characters you might find in another of this genre, but the depth is very impressive throughout. I devoured the second half of the book in record time and I can't wait to get into the rest of the series...highly recommended. Thank you, Mr Mackay/Mulholland Books. Whoopee, this is the first in a trilogy, by a writer I'd never tried before and it is really excellent. The writing is sharp and taut, telling the story in short snappy sentences, introducing us to a cast of memorable characters who I look forward to finding out much more in books 2 and 3. Glasgow's crime scene has been the subject of a few recent novels, but I doubt that any are as good as this. Really looking forward to more from Malcolm Mackay. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"A twenty-nine-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A loner. Freelance. Another job is another job, but what if this organization wants more? A meeting at a club. An offer. A target: Lewis Winter, a necessary sacrifice that will be only the first step in an all-out war between crime syndicates the likes of which hasn't been seen for decades. It's easy to kill a man. It's hard to kill a man well. People who do it well know this. People who do it badly find out the hard way. The hard way has consequences" -- No library descriptions found. |
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In this book, Jamieson is fully in charge but worried that someone is trying to muscle in on his territory. To send a message, it's necessary to eliminate, Lewis Winter, in an effort to smoke out the rival. POVs vary but are primarily those of Calum, his young hitman. We're also introduced to Zora, who plays a prominent role in EIDOH (don't you just love title abbreviations?)
Mackay has a different style of writing, a combination of narrative and stream of consciousness. It took a bit of getting used to, but was appealing in the end. Now, moving on to How a Gunman Says Goodbye the second in the series which follows the same characters, focusing primarily on Frank, the aging hitman. ( )